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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1814.
*County seat: Salem.
Located in southern Indiana, with the Muscatatuck the East Fork White Rivers as it's northern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Bartle, Becks Mill, Blue River, Bunker Hill, Campbellsburg, Canton, Claysville, Daisy Hill, Farrabee, Fredericksburg, Georgetown, Haleysburg, Hardinsburg, Harristown, Hitchcock, Kossuth, Little York, Livonia, Martinsburg, McKinley, Mt. Carmel, New Liberty, New Pekin, New Philadelphia, New Salem, Norris (Harristown), Old Pekin, Organ Spring, Plattsburg, Prowsville, Pumpkin Center, Rosebud, Rush Creek Valley, Salem, Saltillo, Smedley and South Boston.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Washington 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 = Lawrence County, IN    N = Jackson County, IN    NE = Scott County, MI
W = Orange County, IN    WABASH COUNTY     E = Clark County, IN
 SW = Crawford County, IN    S = Floyd County, IN

   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

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


Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:

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

   35 Public Square - Salem, IN 47167-2054  Phone: (812) 883-5603.

  • Washington County Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage and Divorce Records)

   Courthouse
   99 Public Square - Salem, IN 47167-2054  County Clerk - Phone: (812) 883-5748.
 

  • Washington County Recorder

   99 Public Square - Salem, IN 47167-2054  County Clerk - Phone: (812) 883-4001.
 

  • Washington County Surveyor (For County Maps)

   99 Public Square - Salem, IN 47167-2054  County Clerk - Phone: (812) 883-4604.

Washington County Communities

Brown Township communities include:  Campbellsburg, Mt. Carmel and Saltillo.


Franklin Township communities include:  Bunker Hill, New Liberty, New Philadelphia, New Salem and South Boston.


Gibson Township communities include:  Little York and Pumpkin Center.


Howard Township communities include:   Becks Mill, Organ Spring and Rosebud.


Jackson Township communities include:  Martinsburg.

Jefferson Township communities include:  Haleysburg, McKinley, Prowsville and Rush Creek Valley.

Madison Township communities include:  Livonia.


Monroe  Township communities include:  Kossuth and Plattsburg.


Pierce Township communities include:  Farabee and New Pekin.  New Pekin extends into western Polk Township, where the community of Old Pekin is located.


Polk Township communities include:  Bartle, Blue River, Daisy Hill and Old Pekin.  New Pekin extends into western Polk Township, from Pierce Township.


Posey Township communities include:  Fredericksburg and Hardinsburg.


Vernon Township communities include:  Claysville and Smedley.


Washington Township communities include:  Canton, Harristown, Hitchcock, Norris (Harristown) and Salem (the county seat).

·  City of Salem, Indiana

·  Salem, Indiana Schools

·  The Depot Railroad Museum

  

   

 

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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.

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