Tipton County, Indiana History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links

TIPTON COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1844.
*County seat: Tipton.
Located in central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Curtisville, East Union, Ekin, Goldsmith, Groomsville, Hobbs, Jacksons, Kempton, Nevada, New Lancaster, Sharpsville, Tetersburg, Tipton, West Elwood and Windfall.
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Townships in Tipton County (North = Top)
Prairie Township	Liberty Township	Wildcat Township
Jefferson Township	Cicero Township	Madison Township

Surrounding Counties:
                                   N = Howard County, IN NE = Grant County, IN
W = Clinton County, IN    TIPTON COUNTY     E = Madison County, IN
                                        S = Hamilton County, IN

Tipton County Community information
Tipton County - C of C has brief history, maps, and community information.
Tipton County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) - with county information, pictures and links.
Interactive Map of Tipton County, Indiana.
countyhistory.com: for Tipton County, by Ronald Branson!
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.
The Political Graveyard, for Tipton County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
1999 31st annual Tipton Pork Festival in Tipton, Indiana, by Jerry D. Palmer.
Tipton Tribune Newspaper

110 West Madison Street - Tipton, IN 46072-1832

Tipton County, Indiana Historical Society

323 W. South Street, Tipton, IN 46072 Phone: (765) 675-5828

Tipton County Public Library

127 East Madison - Tipton, IN 46072-1993 Phone: (765) 675-8761 & (765) 675-8762.

· Online Genealogy Databases – obituaries, cemeteries

Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana* Page.
Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
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.

· 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)

· 1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD

The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
World War II Veterans Online Information Center

Civil War: NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

INGenWeb for Tipton County Genealogy
USGenWeb for Tipton County Indiana Archives

Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:

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

Courthouse, First Floor - Tipton, IN 46072-1901 Phone: (765) 675-8741.

Tipton County Circuit Court

Tipton County Courthouse: 101 East Jefferson - Tipton, IN 46072
Phone: (765) 675-2791.

Tipton County Clerk: (For Marriage and Divorce Records)

101 East Jefferson - Tipton, IN 46072 Phone: (765) 675-2795.

Tipton County Recorder: (For Land Records)

101 East Jefferson - Tipton, IN 46072 Phone: (765) 675-4614.

Tippecanoe County Surveyor (For Maps)

101 East Jefferson - Tipton, IN 46072 Phone: (765) 675-2793.

Tipton County Communities

Cicero Township communities include: Jacksons and Tipton (the county seat). East Union is situated at the intersections of Cicero and Jefferson Townships, in Tipton County, and Adams and Jefferson Townships in Hamilton County, Indiana.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tipton, Indiana
Tipton County Public Library

127 East Madison - Tipton, IN 46072-1993 Phone: (765) 675-8761 & (765) 675-8762.

Cicero Township Cemeteries include the following:

Allbright Cemetery - located in southern Cicero Township, at the Hamilton and Tipton counties' line, near the intersection of CR 600 S and CR 300 W; [Latitude: 401303N, Longitude: 0860418W] -

Bethsaida Cemetery - located in western Cicero Township, southwest of the City of Tipton, on CR 350 S, between Hwy. 31 and CR 500 W; [Latitude: 401512N, Longitude: 0860716W] -

Fairview Cemetery - located in Cicero Township, on the southwestern edge of Tipton, Indiana; [Latitude: 401637N, Longitude: 0860254W] -

Goar Cemetery - located in northern Cicero Township, northwest of the City of Tipton, by Turkey Creek, west from CR 300 W; [Latitude: 401932N, Longitude: 0860428W] -

Goodykoontz Cemetery - located in the NW quarter, of Section 36, Township 21N, Range 4E, in southern Cicero Township, northeast from Atlanta, Indiana; [Latitude: 401357N, Longitude: 0860145W] -

Mauldentown Cemetery - This appears to be located in the N half, of Section 8, Township 21N, Range 4E, on CR 100 S, in central Cicero Township, west from Tipton, Indiana; [Latitude: 401722N, Longitude: 0860545W] -

Sandbank Cemetery - located in eastern Cicero Township, northeast of the City of Tipton, on CR 100 S, in the SW quarter of Section 5, Township 21N, Range 5E; [Latitude: 401731N, Longitude: 0855925W] -

Stewart Cemetery - located in Cicero Township, northwest of the City of Tipton, on West Division Road, in the NW quarter of Section 5, Township 21N, Range 4E; [Latitude: 401808N, Longitude: 0860622W] -

Sumner Cemetery - located in the east half, of Section 36, Township 21N, Range 4E, in southern Cicero Township, north from Atlanta, Indiana; [Latitude: 401330N, Longitude: 0860053W] -

Tucker Cemetery - located by the Jefferson and Cicero Townships' boundary, west from Tipton, Indiana; [Latitude: 401623N, Longitude: 0860740W] -

Jefferson Township communities include: Ekin, Goldsmith, Kempton, Normanda and Tetersburg. Ekin is situated at boundary of Jefferson Township, in Tipton County, and Adams Township in Hamilton County, Indiana.

Jefferson Township Cemeteries include the following:

Kempton Cemetery - located in Jefferson Township, just north of Kempton, Indiana; [Latitude: 401756N , Longitude: 0861333W] -

Normanda Cemetery - located in Prairie Township, near the Jefferson Township boundary, northwest from Normanda, Indiana; [Latitude: 401840N , Longitude: 0861008W] -

Small Cemetery - located in southern Jefferson Township, near the Tipton and Hamilton counties' boundary, in Section 35, Township 21 N, Range 3E, by Ekin, Indiana; [Latitude: 401313N , Longitude: 0860928W ] -

Wolford Cemetery - located in Jefferson Township, in Section 11, Township 21N, Range 3E, at Goldsmith, Indiana; [Latitude: 401712N , Longitude: 0860908W ] -

Liberty Township communities include: Nevada and Sharpsville.

Liberty Township Cemeteries include the following:

Jackson Cemetery - located in Liberty Township, by Mud Creek and the intersection of CR 550 W and CR 400 N, southwest of Sharpsville, Indiana; [Latitude: 402139N , Longitude: 0860656W] -

Sharp Cemetery - located in Liberty Township, on CR 500 W, between CR 300 N and CR 200 N, southwest of Sharpsville, Indiana; [Latitude: 402021N , Longitude: 0860631W] -

Turner Cemetery - located in Liberty Township, west of SR 19, in the south half, of Section 10, Township 22N, Range 4E, southeast of Sharpsville, Indiana; [Latitude: 402156N , Longitude: 0860215W] -

Madison Township communities include: Hobbs, New Lancaster and West Elwood.

Madison Township Cemeteries include the following:

Cook Cemetery - located in Madison Township, on CR 350 S, west of Elwood and wet of New Lancaster, Indiana; [Latitude: 401520N, Longitude: 0855344W] -

Hobbs Cemetery - located in Madison Township, near Hobbs, Indiana; [Latitude: 401450N, Longitude: 0855513W] -

Mount Pleasant Cemetery - located in the southeastern corner of Madison Township, in Section 32, Township 21N, Range 6E, southwest from Elwood, Indiana; [Latitude: 401334N, Longitude: 0855149W] -

Prairie Township communities include: Groomsville.

Prairie Township Cemeteries include the following:

Normanda Cemetery - located in Prairie Township, near the Jefferson Township boundary, northwest from Normanda, Indiana; [Latitude: 401840N , Longitude: 0861008W] -

Wildcat Township communities include: Windfall.

Wildcat Township Cemeteries include the following:

Brookside Cemetery - located in Wildcat Township, on the northwestern edge of the town of Windfall, Indiana; [Latitude: 402210N, Longitude: 0855753W] -

Salem Cemetery - located in Wildcat Township (by SR 213), near the Tipton and Howard counties' boundary, north of Windfall, Indiana; [Latitude: 402410N, Longitude: 0855721W] -

Wheeler Cemetery - located in northern Wildcat Township, on CR 650 N, north of Windfall, Indiana; [Latitude: 402357N, Longitude: 0855632W ] -

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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