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SPENCER COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1818.
*County seat: Rockport.
Located in southern Indiana, with the Ohio river at it's southern boundary, and the state of Kentucky just across the river.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Africa, Buffaloville, Centerville, Chrisney, Clay City, Dale, Enterprise, Eureka, Evanston, Fulda, Gentryville, Grandview, Hatfield, Kennedy, Lamar, Lake Mill, Liberal, Lincoln City, Mariah Hill, Maxville, Midway, New Boston, Newtonville, Patronville, Pueblo, Reo, Richland City, Ritchie, Rock Hill, Rockport, St. Meinrad, Sand Ridge, Santa Claus, Schley and Silverdale.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Spencer 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:
                                      N = Dubois County, IN
W = Warrick County, IN    SPENCER COUNTY     E = Perry County, IN
                                                 S = The Ohio River
          S (across the river)  =  Daviess County, Kentucky and Hancock County, Kentucky
See Local History <-> Genealogy State Selection Page to visit Kentucky sites of research interest.
See:  Kentuck Atlas and Gazetteer - from the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

SPENCER COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1818, from Warrick and Perry Counties; County seat is Rockport.

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MAPS
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  • Interactive Census Bureau Map of Spencer County, Indiana
  • 1875 Map of Spencer County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
  • 1895 Map of Spencer County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
  • 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.

NATIVE AMERICAN
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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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  • Saint Meinrad Archabbey [Est. 1854]- Harrison Township, Spencer County

     P.O. Box 8 - St. Meinrad, IN 47577  Phone: (812) 357-5533.


CEMETERIES
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • 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.
  • St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Fulda, Indiana (partial listings, by Thomas J. Guenthner)

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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     P.O. Box 8 - St. Meinrad, IN 47577  Phone: (812) 357-5533.

·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Online Databases

o    Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o    Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)

o    Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)

o    Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o    Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

o    Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o    Indiana Public Libraries

o    WWII Servicemen Database

o    Indiana Plat Books

o    Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

 

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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   210 Walnut Street - Rockport, IN  47635  Phone: (812) 649-4866
   E-mail:  reference@rockport-spco.lib.in.us
   Collection includes the Catholic Church records for Spencer County, Indiana.

     P.O. Box 8 - St. Meinrad, IN 47577  Phone: (812) 357-5533.

 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records

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Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:

  • Spencer County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)

   Courthouse, Third Floor, Room I - Rockport, IN 47635-1492 Phone: (812) 649-4441.

  • Spencer County Clerk (For Marriage and Divorce Records)

    200 Main Street # 8 - Rockport, IN 47635 Phone: (812) 649-6027.

  • Spencer County Recorder (For Land Records)

     200 Main Street - Rockport, IN 47635  Phone: (812) 649-6013.

  • Spencer County Surveyor (For Maps)

   200 Main Street  # 5 - Rockport, IN 47635  Phone:  (812) 649-6016.

Spencer County Communities

Carter Township communities include:  Dale, Lincoln City and Mariah Hill.  The town of Santa Claus is located at the Carter and Clay townships line.

·  Santa Claus, Indiana

·  Santa's Lodge & Resort in Santa Claus, Spencer County, IN

·  Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children : "...our first grade class visits Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood National Memorial at Lincoln City, Indiana..."


Clay Township communities include:  Buffaloville, Clay City, Kennedy, Lamar and Liberal.  The town of Santa Claus is located at the Carter and Clay townships line, and Lamar is located at the Clay and Huff townships line.

·  Santa Claus, Indiana


Grass Township communities include:  Bloomfield, Centerville, Chrisney and Midway.  Ritchie is situated on the Grass and Ohio townships line.

Hammond Township communities include:  Grandview and Newtonville.


Harrison Township communities include:  Fulda, Huffman and St. Meinrad.
The Legendary Places website, at http://www.legendaryplaces.org/ , shows a picture of the Huffman Bridge (in the section for Points of Interest).  Further information about the bridge may be found on the National Register of Historical Places, at http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Spencer/state.html


Huff Township communities include:  Evanston, Maxville, New Boston and Schley.  Lamar is located at the Clay and Huff townships line.


Jackson Township communities include:  Gentryville and Pigeon.

 


Luce Township communities include:  Enterprise, Eureka, Hatfield, Richland City and Sand Ridge.


Ohio Township communities include:  Africa, Lake Mill, Patronville, Pueblo, Reo, Rock Hill, Rockport (the county seat) and Silverdale.  Ritchie is situated on the Grass and Ohio townships line.

·  Spencer County Public Library       210 Walnut Street - Rockport, IN  47635  Phone: (812) 649-4866
      E-mail:  reference@rockport-spco.lib.in.us

·  Spencer County Historical Society - meets at the Spencer County Public Library.  

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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.
  • New Sectional Township Map of Indiana.  Chicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.

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