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SCOTT COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1820.
*County seat: Scottsburg.
Located in southern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Albion, Austin, Blocher, Leota, Lexington, Nabb, New Frankfort, Scottsburg and
Vienna.
The community of Nabb is located on the SCOTT and CLARK county
line.
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to see GENERAL Scott County information and links.
Select from the TOWN list above to learn which township the community is
located in, and view information and links specific to that area.
Select from the TOWNSHIPs Table below to
view information and links specific to the township.
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed to be
correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify the webmaster should an error be
found.
Surrounding Counties:
NW = Jackson
County, IN NNE = Jennings
County, MI
W = Washington
County, IN SCOTT COUNTY E = Jefferson
County, IN
S = Clark
County, IN
- Welcome to
Scott County: Gateway to Historic Hoosier Hills
- Scott County Tourism Information
Center - includes events.
- Use
the query form, at USGS,
to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and
more. Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be
used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the
feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the
actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as with any
database, there may be errors.
- countyhistory.com:
for Scott
County, by Ronald Branson!
- Lexington A Pioneer
Town: The Original Seat of Scott County, Indiana
- Lexington
Mills - (Grist, Saw and Woolen Mills) "...A grist mill where
corn was ground was essential to any family..."
- The Southern Indiana
Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 665 - New
Albany, IN 47151-0665
(SIGS serves the 7 southern Indiana
counties of Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Scott and Washington.)
108 S. Main Street
- Scottsburg, IN 47170
Phone: (812) 752-2751.
- Library's
Genealogy Collection.
- Scott County
Books Sold at the Scott County Public Library for the Scott County
Public Library and the Scott
County Historical
Society. Offerings include:
Early History of Scott County,
Pioneer Life in Scott County, Centennial History of Austin,
History of Leota, Wills of Scott County, Probate Court Records, Scottsburg
Cemetery Book, Lexington,
Finley, Vienna and Jennings Townships'
Cemetery Books, Pigeon Roost Massacre, and Persons of Foreign Birth.
Contact for individual prices, which range from $3.50 to $15.00, plus postage
if mailed.
Payment and requests to: Scott County Public Library, Genealogy
Dept.
108 S. Main Street - Scottsburg,
IN 47170.
1050 South Main Street, P.O. Box 23 - Scottsburg,
IN 47170-0023,
Phone: (812) 752-3388, E-mail:
scgsi@c3bb.com
P.O. Box 238 - Lexington,
IN 47138-0238
Phone: (812) 889-2044 E-Mail:
Steve.Carlisle@ecunet.org
P.O. Box 245 - Scottsburg,
IN 47170-0245
Phone: (812) 889-2044 E-Mail: E-Mail: Jeannie Carlisle
at scjc@scottsburg.com
183 East McClain Avenue - Scottsburg, IN
47170-1845
Phone: (812) 752-3171.
·
Indiana
State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296
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Online
Databases
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Indiana
Cemetery Locator Database
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Indiana
Biography Index (published before 1990)
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Indiana
Biography Index (published since 1990)
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Index of Indiana Marriages Through
1850.
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Index
of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002
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Newspaper Holdings:
Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
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Images
of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
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Indiana Public Libraries
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WWII
Servicemen Database
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Indiana Plat Books
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Vital
Information Exchange (VINE)
·
1880
Census Index, by familysearch.org
·
1820 Indiana
Census Index, by Lori!
Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
- Scott
County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)
1471 North Gardner Street - Scottsburg, IN
47170-7751 Phone:
(812) 752-8455.
1 East Mcclain Ave.
- Scottsburg, IN 47170.
- Scott County Circuit Court
1 East Mcclain Ave. #212 - Scottsburg, IN 47170 Phone: (812) 752-8430.
- Scott
County Clerk (For Marriage and Divorce
Records)
1 East Mcclain Ave. # 124 - Scottsburg, IN 47170 Phone: (812) 752-8420.
- Scott County Recorder (For
Land Records)
1 East Mcclain Ave. # 100 - Scottsburg, IN 47170 Phone: (812) 752-8442.
- Scott County Cartographer
1 East Mcclain Ave. # 126 - Scottsburg,
IN 47170
Phone: (812) 752-8115.
Scott County Communities
Finley Township
- Leota,
SCOTT COUNTY
(Finley Township)
Jennings Township
- Austin, SCOTT
COUNTY (Jennings Township)
Johnson Township
- Albion,
SCOTT COUNTY
(Johnson Township)
- Blocher,
SCOTT COUNTY
(Johnson Township)
- New Frankfort, SCOTT
COUNTY (Johnson Township)
Lexington Township
P.O. Box 258 - Lexington,
IN 47138-0258
- Lexington
Historical Society -
P.O. Box 238 - Lexington,
IN 47138-0238
Phone: (812) 889-2044 E-Mail:
Steve.Carlisle@ecunet.org
- Nabb,
SCOTT (Lexington Township) /CLARK (Washington
Township) County Line.
Vienna Township
108 S. Main Street
- Scottsburg, IN 47170
Phone: (812) 752-2751.
- Vienna, SCOTT
COUNTY (Vienna Township)
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of the Allen County Public Library, holding
one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the
Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a
location or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
- Indiana
Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition, Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine:
Delorme. 1998.
- School
and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D.
(Editor). Sycamore, Illinois:
School and Library Publishing Company. 1982.
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