Where to
find information in
Elkhart County Indiana
Elkhart
County Courthouse
Elkhart County Clerk's Office101 N. Main Street Room 204
Attn: Bev Goshen, IN 46526
(574) 535-6427
County Clerk has marriage records from 1831,
court records from 1853 and probate records from 1852 |
Elkhart
County Health Dept., Vital Records
608 Oakland Ave.Elkhart, IN 46516
(574) 523-2283FAX (574) 295-6186
has birth & death records from about 1882-present. |
Elkhart
County Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 1031
Elkhart, IN 46515-1031
ECGS maintains a small genealogy library at the First Presbyterian
Church,
200 E. Beardsley, Elkhart, Indiana
|
Elkhart
Public Library
300 S Second St.
Elkhart, IN 46514
(574) 522-5669 |
Some
points of
history for Elkhart
County Indiana
Elkhart County
is located in Northern
Indiana, 150 miles
north/northeast of Indianapolis, 100 miles east of Chicago and 50 miles
northwest of Fort Wayne.
Elkhart
County was one of the
first areas settled in Northern
Indiana, being settled on April 1, 1830. The original county was in
Dunlap. In 1830, the county held its first election.
At that time, 75
votes were cast by citizens of the county and its surrounding
territory. These voters elected eight people who served as the only
county employees.
The
city of Goshen serves as the county
seat.
Other
incorporated cities and towns within Elkhart County are
Cleveland
Township; Osolo Township; Washington Township; York Township;
Baugo Township;
Concord
Township; Jefferson Township; Middlebury
Township;
Olive
Township; Harrison Township; Elkhart Township; Clinton
Township; Locke Township;
Union
Township; Jackson Township;and Benton
Township
Naturalized
Immigrants
County Poor Farm
Providence Primitive
Baptist Church
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