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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Indiana

*First created in 1817.
*County seat: Sullivan.
Located in southwestern Indiana, with the Wabash River as it's western boundary, and the state of Illinois just across the river.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Baker, Baldridge, Benefiel Corner, Bucktown, Caledonia, Campbell Corner, Carlisle, Cass, Doddsville, Dugger, East Shelburn, Fairbanks, Farmersburg, Farnsworth, Gambill, Glendora, Graysville, Greenville, Hawton, Hymera, Jackson Hill, Merom, Merom Station, New Lebanon, Paxton, Pleasantville, Riverton, Riverview, Scott City, Shelburn, Shiloh, Standard, Sullivan and Wilfred.
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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.
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Surrounding Counties:
 WNW = Clark County, Illinois          N =  Vigo County, IN
WSW = Crawford County, Illinois      SULLIVAN COUNTY    ENE = Clay County, IN
                                                        S = Knox County, IN   ESE = Greene County, IN

SULLIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1817, from Knox County; County seat is Sullivan.

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+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
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+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +

MAPS
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  • Tiger: Zoomable Map of Sullivan County, Indiana.
  • 1852 Map of the state of Indiana compiled from the United States surveys by S. D. King, Washington City. Exhibiting the sections & fractional sections; the situation & boundaries of counties; the location of cities villages & post offices canals, rail roads and other internal improvements, carefully laid down.
  • 1875 Map of Sullivan County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
  • 1895 Map of Sullivan County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch
  • 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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   located in northern Sullivan County, between Shelburn and Farmersburg, IN.


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.

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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NATURE
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   2551 S. State Road 159 - Dugger, IN  47848   Phone: (812) 648-2810.

Wabash River Heritage

 

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)

 

  • Sullivan Daily Times

   115 West Jackson Street - Sullivan, IN 47882-1505   Phone: (812) 268-6356.

  • Tribune Star Publishing Company

   27 North Court Street - Sullivan, IN 47882-1509   Phone: (812) 268-5206.

BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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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 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

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

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

o        Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

   1411 South Sixth Street - Terre Haute, IN 47807
   Phone: (812) 235-9717. E-mail: vchs@holli.com
   "...topics relating to Terre Haute, Vigo County and the Wabash Valley..."

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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   1411 South Sixth Street - Terre Haute, IN 47807
   Phone: (812) 235-9717. E-mail: vchs@holli.com
   "...topics relating to Terre Haute, Vigo County and the Wabash Valley..."

Archival Materials: collection available for onsight research.

 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records

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GOVERNMENT - Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
 

  • Sullivan County Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)

   102 North Section Street - Sullivan, IN 47882-1235  Phone: (812) 268-0224.

  • Sullivan County Courthouse

   100 Courthouse Square - Room 202 - Sullivan, IN 47882
    Phone: (812) 268-4491.
Sullivan County Circuit Court
    100 Court House Square # 306 - Sullivan, IN 47882
    Phone: (812) 268-4411.

  • Sullivan County Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce, Probate, & Naturalization Records)

    Courthouse, Room #304 - Sullivan, IN 47882
    Phone: (812) 268-4657.

  • County Recorder (For Land Records)

    100 Courthouse Square - Room #205 - Sullivan, IN 47882
    Phone: (812) 268-4844.
County Recorder (For Land Records, such as Deeds and Land Transfers)

  • Sullivan County Surveyor's Office (For Maps) - Phone: (812) 268-4029.

     Map Dept. - 100 Court House Sq #202 - Sullivan, IN  47882
     Phone: (812) 268-6535.

Sullivan County Communities

Cass Township
      Communities include:  Baker, Caledonia, Cass, Dugger, Farnsworth, Gilmour, Greenville and Hawton.

·  Dugger Public Library
   Main Street - Dugger, IN 47848  Phone: (812) 648-2822.


Curry Township
   Communities include:  Baldridge, Curryville, East Shelburn, Farmersburg, Shelburn and Standard.  The community of Wilfred is located at the Curry and Jackson townships line.
 

·  Farmersburg Library
   P.O. Box 530 - Farmersburg, IN 47850  Phone: (812) 696-2194.


Fairbanks  Township - Located in the northwestern corner of Sullivan County, with Clark County, across the Wabash River, to the west and Vigo County to the north.
   Communities include:  Fairbanks, Riverview and Scott City.


Gill Township
   Communities include:  Merom, Merom Station, New Lebanon and Riverton.

    • 8554 West Market Street - Box 146 - Merom, IN  47861 
    • Phone: (812) 356-4612


Haddon Township
   Communities include:  Carlisle and Paxton.

·  Trimble Cemetery Listing, by Roger Arlie Cox Sr., from the recorded list made in 1984 by Ralph Woodward.      Location: in Carlisle, Haddon Township, Sullivan County; On Carlisle-Pleasantville Blacktop, on the North Side of the Road between County Roads 400E and 500E

 


Hamilton Township
   Communities include:  Benefiel Corner, Campbell Corner, Glendora, Jackson Hill and Sullivan (the county seat).

·  The Sullivan County Historical Society

  • 10 South Court Street, Sullivan, IN 47882
  • Phone: (812) 268-6253  

 

·  Sullivan County Public Library      

  • 100 South Crowder Street - Sullivan, IN 47882-1750  Phone: (812) 268-4957.


Jackson Township
   Communities include:  Hymera.  The community of Wilfred is located at the Curry and Jackson townships line.


Jefferson Township
   Communities include:  Bucktown, Pleasantville and Shiloh.


Turman Township
   Communities include:  Doddsville and Graysville.

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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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