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WHITE COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1834.
*County seat: Monticello.
Located in north western Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Badger Grove, Bell Center, Brookston, Buffalo, Burnettsville, Cedar Point, Chalmers, East Monticello, Golden Hill, Guernsey, Headlee, Idaville, Indiana Beach, Lakewood, Lee, Monon, Monticello, Norway, Reynolds, Richey Park, Round Grove, Seafield, Sitka, Smithson, Springboro and Wolcott.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL White 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 = Jasper County, IN    N = Pulaski County, IN
W = Benton County, IN    WHITE COUNTY     E = Cass County, IN
                                  S = Tippecanoe County, IN   SE = Carroll County, IN

WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1834; County seat is Monticello.
+ MAPS + TOWNS + TOWNSHIPS + NEIGHBORING COUNTIES +
+ CHURCHES + CEMETERIES + MUSEUMS and HISTORIC SITES +
+ NEWS & NEWSPAPERS + 
+ COMMERCE & TOURISM  +
+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE + NATURE +
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +


MAPS
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  • Interactive Census Bureau Map of White County
  • 1875 Map of White County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. ( see citation )
  • 1895 Map of White 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  (The Miami lived primarily in the area of northern Indiana.  In the 1650s, the Wea and Piankashaw were driven from the area of Indiana by the Iroquois, however, they gradually returned to Indiana beginning about 1680.)

  • History of the Potawatomi (By the 1760s, they expanded into northern Indiana from the northern areas between  Milwaukee and Detroit.)

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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    • 101 South Bluff Street  - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.


CHURCHES
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CEMETERIES
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • USGS: Map locations of White County 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

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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   101 South Bluff Street - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.

   101 South Bluff Street  - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.

·         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

·         Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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  • White County Historical Museum

     101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.

    101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.

   321 W. Broadway - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone (219) 583-5643
   Fax: (219) 583-2782.

   P.O. Box 376 - 101 E. North Street, Wolcott, IN 47995
   Phone: (219) 279-2695.

 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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Contacts to obtain many documents and certified copies:

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

   P.O. Box 838 - Monticello, IN 47960-0838  Phone: (219) 583-8254.

  • White County Courthouse

   110 North Main Street - P.O. Box 260 - Monticello, IN 47960

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

    110 North Main Street - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-7032.

  • White County Recorder

    Courthouse, 110 North Main Street - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-5912.


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White County Communities

Big Creek Township communities include:  Chalmers and Smithson.

 


Cass Township communities include:  Bell Center and Headlee.


Honey Creek Township communities include:  Reynolds.

 


Jackson Township communities include:  Burnettsville.


Liberty Township communities include:  Buffalo and Sitka.


Lincoln Township communities include:  Idaville


Monon Township communities include:  Lee and Monon.


Prairie Township communities include:  Badger Grove, Brookston and Springboro.

   111 W. Second Street - Brookston, IN 47923  Phone: (765) 563-6511
   Fax: (765) 563-6833    E-mail: bptpl@dcwi.com


Princeton Township communities include:  Seafield and Wolcott.

   P.O. Box 376 - 101 E. North Street, Wolcott, IN 47995
   Phone: (219) 279-2695.


Round Grove Township communities include:  Round Grove.


Union Township communities include:  Monticello (the county seat), Cedar Point, East Monticello, Golden Hill, Guernsey, Indiana Beach, Lakewood, Norway and Richey Park.

  • Indiana Beach - 5224 E. Indiana Beach Road - Monticello, IN 47960

   Beach, Lake, and amusements located on Lake Shafer (see photo of the lake).

  • White County Historical Museum

     101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.

    101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.

   321 W. Broadway - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone (219) 583-5643


West Point Township communities include:  This is a rural township.

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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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