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UNION COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1821 from Fayette, Franklin and Wayne counties.
*County seat:  Liberty.
Located in eastern Indiana, with the state of Ohio at it's eastern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Brownsville, Charlottesville, Clifton, Cottage Grove, Dunlapsville, Five Points, Goodwins Corner, Hopeville, Kitchel, Liberty, Lotus, Philomath, Quakertown, Roseburg, Salem, West College Corner, Witts Station and Yankee Town.

Click HERE for General UNION County information and links, OR
Select a TOWN from above to go to the township location, with links and information specific to that area, OR, select a TOWNSHIP from the following table:

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 = Wayne County, IN      ENE = Preble County, Ohio
W = Fayette County, IN    UNION COUNTY       ESE = Butler County, Ohio
                                        S = Franklin County, IN
See American Local History Network State Selection Page to visit Ohio.

    P.O. Box 143 - Liberty, Indiana 47353.
    Hours:  Sundays,  2 p.m. to 4 p.m., during June through August.

    • The Depot: Union County Historical Society Museum

   Hours:  Sundays,  2 p.m. to 4 p.m., during June through August; open by appointment on other days, call (765) 458-6285 or (765) 458-6238.

    • Templeton Cabin: Union County Historical Society

     Located on the southeast corner of the courthouse square in Liberty, IN
     Hours: Open by appointment only, call (765) 458-6285 or (765) 458-6238.

    • The First Missionary Baptist Church: Union County Historical Society - Union County's only African-American church.
  • countyhistory.com: for Union County, by Ronald Branson!

·         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!

  • 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 Union County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
  • Indiana State Archives.

   6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219   Phone: (317) 591-5222

   26 West Union Street - Liberty, IN 47353  Phone: (765) 458-6121.

  • Union County Recorder (For Land Records)

     26 West Union Street - Liberty, IN 47353  Phone: (765) 458-5434.

  • Union County Surveyor's Office (For Maps) -

     26 West Union Street - Liberty, IN 47353  Phone: (765) 458-7664 or 458-5496.

Union County Communities

Brownsville Township communities include:  Brownsville, Clifton, Philomath and Yankee Town.  Hopesville and Five Points appear to have been located in Brownsville Township.

Center Township communities include:  Cottage Grove, Goodwins Corner, Liberty (the county seat) and Lotus.  Salem and Cottage Grove are situated at the Center and Union Townships line.

   1418 S. State Road 101 - Liberty, IN 47353  Phone: (765) 458-5565.

  • Union County Public Library
    • 2 East Seminary Street - Liberty, IN  47353
    • Phone: (765) 458-5355 or 1-800-694-6300.

Harmony Township communities include: Quakertown.  Brookville Lake extends, north to south, through Harmony township.

  • Quakerstown,  UNION COUNTY (Harmony Township)

 

Harrison Township communities include: Kitchel and Witts Station.

  • Kitchel,  UNION COUNTY (Harrison Township)
  • Witts Station,  UNION COUNTY (Harrison Township)

 

Liberty Township communities include:  Dunlapsville and Roseburg.

  • Dunlapsville, UNION COUNTY (Liberty Township)

 


Union Township communities include:  Billingsville, Charlottesville and West College Corner.  Salem and Cottage Grove are situated at the Center and Union Townships line.  There is a neighboring community of College Corner, just east of West College Corner, in the state of Ohio.

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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