WARRICK COUNTY, Indiana
*First created in 1813.
*County seat: Boonville.
Located in southern Indiana, with the Ohio
River as it's southern boundary, and Henderson
County, Kentucky
across the river.
*Cities, Towns & Communities
include (past and/or present): Ash Iron Springs,
Baugh City, Boonville,
Bullocktown, Camp Brosend,
Castle Garden, Chandler,
Dayville, DeGonia
Springs, Eames, Elberfeld,
Folsomville, Graham Valley,
Greenbrier, Heilman, Hemenway, Jockey, Lynnville, Millersburg,
Newburgh, Paradise, Pelzer, Red Bush, Rolling Acres, Rustic Hills,
St. John, Scalesville,
Selvin, Stanley, Stevenson, Tennyson, Turpin, Wheatenville, and
Yankeetown.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Warrick 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 = Gibson
County, IN N = Pike County,
IN NE = Dubois County,
IN
W = Vanderburgh
County, IN WARRICK COUNTY E = Spencer
County, IN
S = The Ohio River
S = Henderson 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.
WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1813, from Knox County; County seat is Boonville.
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MAPS
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- Interactive
Census Bureau Map
of Warrick County, Indiana
- 1875 Map of Warrick County, Indiana, from Higgins
Belden & Co. (see citation)
- 1895 Map of Warrick 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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- Miami History and History of the Delaware, by
Lee Sultzman.
- Miami Nation of Indians
- 80 W. 6th Street
- P.O. Box 41 -
Peru, Indiana
46970 Phone: (765) 473-9631.
- Annuity
Payroll: June 12, 1895, on the USGenWeb for Miami County
- The MYAAMIA Project, from the
Miami Nation and Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio.
- Indians of Indiana
- Guide which includes migration maps, from Ray's History
and Guide to Terre Haute
- Information
about the Illinois-Miami language.
- Miami History, by Lee
Sultzman
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
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Miami Tribal Library
- Indian Nations -
Indian Territory, for the Miami
Nation, online at the Oklahoma USGenWeb
- Native
American Census Enumeration - information about
- The
Big Miami Reserve, Article by Historian, Carl Leiter, includes
maps - In 1819: "...The largest of these [Miami Indian towns]
in north central Indiana was located at the confluence of the Mississinewa
and Wabash rivers and was named "Missinewa Town" on the
Surveyors' plat of the region. ..."
- Glenn A. Black
Laboratory Current Research Publications Menu
- An Introduction
to the Prehistory of Indiana, by James H. Kellar, online at the
Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Reproduced with the permission of
the Indiana Historical Societies.
- Index of Miami
Names, Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology and The Trustees of Indiana University
- The Research
Experiences of the Miami Nation of Indiana, by Darryl Baldwin,
Miami of Indiana---Graduate student in Linguistics at the University of Montana. Coordinator of the Indiana
Miami Language and Cultural revitalization program.
- French-Canadian
Associations: PRDH, The
Comprehensive Site of Quebec French-Canadian Genealogy
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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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CEMETERIES
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- Boone Chapel
Cemetery, by Tamara : "...149 Markers Located 6
Miles S.E Of Boonville Indiana Follow Old Rockport Road
To Right on Brown Chapel Rd
1/2 Mile In Warrick County Indiana...
- Thornburgh
Cemetery (scroll down the page to this cemetery), by Tamara : 4
Miles S.E Of Boonville Indiana, Warrick County...
- Johnson
Cemetery, by Tamara, located in Boon
Township, Warrick County, Indiana.
- Johnson, Mt.
Pisgah, Williams, Feagley, 2nd Williams, France, Wood, Stephen Marratt,
and Miller Cemeteries, by Tamara, located in Warrick County, Indiana.
- Turnpin
Cemetery, by Tamara : Located North Of Boonville, in Hart Township,
Warrick County, IN.
- USGenWeb
for Warrick
County Genealogy, by Gilbert Schmitt
- Marsha's Warrick County Genealogy,
by Marsha Bryant
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Indiana
State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296
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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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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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Indiana
State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296
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Newspaper Holdings:
Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
- Warrick County News
- (The Princeton Daily Clarion, The Daily Republican Register,
and The Boonville Standard/Newburgh Chandler Register).
BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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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)
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1880
Census Index, by familysearch.org
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1820 Indiana
Census Index, by Lori!
- The Browning Genealogy Database,
by Charles Browning, for Browning Funeral Home in Evansville
(Vanderburgh County), from 1990 to present, compiled obituary
records of Vanderburgh County and surrounding southwestern Indiana from the Evansville newspapers: The Evansville Courier, The Evansville
Press, and now The Evansville Courier and
Press..."
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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- Boonville-Warrick
County Public
Library
611 West Main Street - Boonville, IN
47601-1544
Phone: (812) 897-1500
23 West Jennings Street - Newburgh, IN
47630-1211
Phone: (812) 853-5468.
402 South Jaycee Street - Chandler, IN
47610
Phone: (812) 925-7179.
COUNTY
GOVERNMENT & Vital
Records
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Contacts to obtain many
documents and cerified copies:
215 South First Street - Boonville, IN
47601-1701 Phone:
(812) 897-6105.
Vital
Records
- Warrick County Courthouse
109 W Main Street - Boonville, IN 47601.
Warrick County
Judicial Center - One County
Square, Suite 200 - Boonville, IN 47601
Phone: (812) 897-6160.
107 W. Locust - Box 28 - Boonville,
IN 47601
Phone: (812) 897-6165.
107 West Locust Street - Boonville, IN
47601 Phone:
(812) 897-6170.
Warrick County Communities
Anderson
Township communities include: Dayville, Red Bush, and Yankeetown.
- St. Rupert Catholic Church
is located in Red Bush (see Map).
This church was reportedly established ca. 1865, with members being served
by Benedictine Fathers from St. Meinrad and Rockport. St. Rupert's
did not receive it's first resident pastor, the Rev. Charles Wagner, until
1893.
Boon
Township
communities include: Boonville (county seat), Bullocktown, Pelzer, and Rolling
Acres. Greenbrier is situated at the Hart and Boon townships line.
- Brown Chapel
Cemetery, by Tamara : "...149 Markers Located 6
Miles S.E Of Boonville Indiana Follow Old Rockport Road
To Right on Brown Chapel Rd
1/2 Mile In Warrick County Indiana...
- Thornburgh
Cemetery (scroll down the page to this cemetery), by Tamara : 4
Miles S.E Of Boonville Indiana, Warrick County...
- Johnson, Mt.
Pisgah, Williams, Feagley, 2nd Williams, France, Wood, Stephen Marratt,
and Miller Cemeteries, by Tamara, located in Warrick County, Indiana.
- Boonville, Indiana
- Boonville-Warrick
County Public
Library
- Information
- 611 West Main Street
- Boonville, IN 47601-1544
Phone: (812) 897-1500
Campbell Township communities include: Baugh
City, Millersburg, and St. John.
- Johnson, Mt.
Pisgah, Williams, Feagley, 2nd Williams, France, Wood, Stephen Marratt,
and Miller Cemeteries, by Tamara, located in Warrick County, Indiana
- Baugh City, As
told by Rachel Baugh Mulcahy - "...built, I believe, in the 1950's.
My father
died in 1962. It was not a
large town, more like a subdivision..."
Greer Township communities include: Elberfeld,
Stanley, and Wheatenville. Stanley
is located at the Greer and Hart townships line.
Hart Township communities include:
Graham Valley, Lynnville, Turpin. Greenbrier is situated at the Boon and Hart
townships line, and Stanley
is located at the Greer and Hart townships line.
- Turnpin
Cemetery, by Tamara : Located North Of Boonville, in Hart Township,
Warrick County, IN.
Lane Township communities include: Scalesville,
Hemenway, and Jockey.
Ohio Township communities include: Camp Brosend,
Castle Garden, Chandler, Newburgh, Paradise, Rustic Hills, and Stevenson.
- Town of Newburgh, Indiana
- Johnson, Mt.
Pisgah, Williams, Feagley, 2nd Williams, France, Wood, Stephen Marratt,
and Miller Cemeteries, by Tamara, located in Warrick County, Indiana
- Newburgh Note,
by Mindy Chase - Newburgh
was originally called Sprinklesburgh after John Sprinkle...
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish
- History
625 Frame Road -
Newburgh, IN 47630
"...The story of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church begins
130 years ago, just before the start of the Civil War. A group of 15 families
formed the parish in Newburgh when it was the oldest
town in Warrick County
and was considered the "metropolis of Southern
Indiana..."
23 West Jennings
Street - Newburgh,
IN 47630-1211
Phone: (812) 853-5468.
402 South Jaycee Street - Chandler, IN
47610
Phone: (812) 925-7179.
Owen
Township
communities include: Folsomville.
Pigeon
Township
communities include: Heilman and Selvin.
Skelton Township communities include: Ash Iron
Springs, Eames, DeGonia Springs, and Tennyson.
DeGonia Springs, known for it's mineral springs, is situated in southern Skeleton Township.
Ash Iron Springs was situated in southern Skeleton Township,
just south of DeGonia Springs. An 1876 map of the county shows the
property of a J. ASH near the springs, so it is likely it may have been his
name which was once associated with the site. (see Map)
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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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