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WASHINGTON
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INDIANA
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I
am Desiree Burrell Rodcay,
your host for Washington
County.
I am dedicated to helping to
make information available,
FREE, for researchers.
Be sure to return often as
information is being added
daily.
If you have anything you
would like to contribute to
the site, please email
me.
Click
here to return to
the main GENEALOGY TRAILS
homepage.
Here's
where
you can find information for Washington
County:
Birth
& Death Records
Washington Co Health Dept
806 Martinsburg Rd,
Suite 100
Salem, Indiana 47167 |
Marriage
& Land Records
Washington Co Clerk
99 Public Square,
Suite 102
Salem, Indiana 47167 |
Salem-Washington
Township
Public Library
212 N. Main Street
Salem, Indiana 47167
(812) 883-5600 |
Washington Co
Historical Society
c/o Steven's Memorial Museum
307 E. Market Street
Salem, Indiana 47167
(812) 883-6495 |
| The
City of Salem |
Washington
Co Government |
Here is a little History
for Washington County Indiana
Washington
County was organized December 21,
1813, by an act of the Legislature,
which became
effective on January 17, 1814.
Washington County was created out of
Clark and Harrison Counties.
Orange
and Jackson counties were taken from
it in 1815, and Scott was carved out
in 1820, reducing
Washington County to it's present
boundaries. Salem is the County
Seat.
The soil is fully diversified.
The range of hills called the knobs,
described in the sketch of the
adjoining counties,
passes along the east line of
Washington County, separating it from
Clark and Scott counties.
In the south are extensive barrens,
parts of which are thickly matted with
brush and grubs. Other parts
have wild grass, and other parts are
curiously diversified with sink-holes,
varying in shape and size,
but all showing cavernous nature of
Earth underneath.
In other parts of the county are
swelling ridges, ever changing their
features as you advance along them.
This presents beautiful groves of
walnut, sugar tree and chestnut.
Cities
and Towns found in
Washington County are:
Campbellsburg | Fredericksburg
| Hardinsburg | Little York |
Livonia | New Pekin | Salem |
Saltillo |
Unincorporated
Communities include:
Beck's
Mill | Blue
River | Bunker Hill |
Canton | Claysville
| Daisy Hill | Fairview |
Farabee Haleysbury |
Highland
Hitchcock | Kossuth |
Martinsburg | McKinley |
Millport
Mount Carmel | New
Philadelphia | New Salem |
Organ Springs Pekin |
Plattsburg | Prowsville
| Pumpkin Center |
Rosebud
Rush Creek | Valley | Smedley
| South Boston |
Washington
County is divided into the
following 13 Townships:
Brown
| Franklin | Gibson | Howard |
Jackson
Jefferson | Madison | Monroe
Pierce | Polk
Posey | Vernon | Washington |
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Neighboring counties are:
Crawford,
Orange,
Jackson, Scott, Clark, Floyd,
and Harrison.
Neighboring States are:
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Missouri,
Michigan,
and Ohio.
This page will be
updated as often as time and
information become available.
Note from the host
of this page:
Please understand that I am not a
resident of Washington Co,
Indiana.
I do not have
records or access to records that
would enable me to supply you with
information about your ancestors.
I can not do
research on your behalf. I
am only an
unpaid County Host Volunteer.
My job is to update this web site
with new information as often as
time and information become
available.
I choose to be the host for this
web site so that researchers can
further their search,
with these free pages, for more
family history and genealogy.
Please do not copy and paste
information from this web site.
Links to other sites are to be
considered as referrals only, and
should not be taken as
endorsements.
If you should find something you
believe to be in error, please
email me with documentation to
substantiate your claim.
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