Huntington County, Indiana Genealogy

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Huntington County

Guide to Huntington County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts County seat: Huntington Organized: 1834 Parent County(s): Adams New Purchase (Allen/Grant), Unorganized Territory Neighboring Counties Whitley  • Allen  • Wells  • Grant  • Wabash See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: Indiana Genealogical Society who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

County Information

Description

Huntington County was named for Samuel H. Huntington. It is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Huntington County Courthouse
201 N Jefferson St Roomm 103
Huntington, IN 46750
Phone: 219-358-4819
County Website

Huntington County Health Department
1330 S. Jefferson St.
Huntington, IN, 46750
Health Officer: Thomas Ringenberg, DO
Phone Number: 260-358-4831
Fax: 260-358-4899
Email: webmaster@huntington.in.us
Health Department

County Clerk has birth and death, marriage records from 1847, court records from 1840, and divorce record from 1850; County Records has land record from 1834.
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Huntington County, Indiana Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1882	1847	1882	1840	1834	1850	1807
*Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed from Adams New Purchase (Allen/Grant) in 1832 and from parts of unorganized territories. Portions were attached to Allen and Grant Counties for administration from 1832 until the county was fully organized in 1834. County Seat: Huntington Interactive Map of Indiana County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Indiana county boundary changes Indiana Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Huntington
Towns
Andrews Markle	Mount Etna Roanoke	Warren
Unincorporated communities
Banquo Bippus Bowerstown Bracken Browns Corner Buckeye Goblesville	Harlansburg Lancaster Mahon Majenica Makin Mardenis	Milo Pleasant Plain Plum Tree Roanoke Station Rock Creek Center Simpson
Townships
Clear Creek Dallas Huntington Jackson	Jefferson Lancaster Polk Rock Creek	Salamonie Union Warren Wayne
Ghost towns
Monument City

Resources

Biographies

• Biographical Memoirs of Huntington County, Ind. 1901. Chicago: B.F. Bowen. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.
• Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Huntington County, Indiana online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave INGenWeb INGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project Indiana Interment Billion Graves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com
See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.

 

• The Allen County Public Library Genealogical Center has an online index to the Funk Cemetery. Other book publications include: France Cemetery, Lancaster Cemetery, Mount Hope Cemetery, Union (Old Lutheran) Cemetery, Known Cemeteries of Huntington County, Some Cemeteries of Huntington County
• The Huntington City-Township Public Library, has at least 50 publications and manuscripts dealing with over 90 cemeteries and burial grounds. A concerted effort was made in the late 1970s and early 1980s to read all of the tombstones in the county that could be located at that time. All of these materials can be located by searching the library's online catalog.
• The county has several dedicated Findagrave volunteers who attempt to keep up with new burials and add information for new discoveries.

Census Records

For tips on accessing Huntington County census records online, see: Indiana Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1840	1,579	—
1850	7,850	397.2%
1860	14,867	89.4%
1870	19,036	28.0%
1880	21,805	14.5%
1890	27,644	26.8%
1900	28,901	4.5%
1910	28,982	0.3%
1920	31,671	9.3%
1930	29,073	−8.2%
1940	29,931	3.0%
1950	31,400	4.9%
1960	33,814	7.7%
1970	34,970	3.4%
1980	35,596	1.8%
1990	35,427	−0.5%
2000	38,075	7.5%
2010	37,124	−2.5%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Huntington County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.

Copies and/or indexes of some early church records are in the B. Joan Keefer Genealogy and Local History Center at the Library Website.

Court Records

A survey of the court archives was conducted and published by the WPA in 1936. This was done as volume 35 of the series "Inventory of the County Archives of Indiana." Available on Archive.org Items may have moved or been destroyed in the intervening 85 years, but it can act as a starting point. It also has a good summary of the types of offices in the county at that time, their duties, and the records created.

Originals of most court records are still at the courthouse. See also: Land Records, Probate Records

Civil Court Order Books from 1835-1922 have been digitized, and are available unindexed on FamilySearch.

Directories

1858 G.W. Hawes Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory online at FamilySearch Digital Library - includes all extant post offices in county, has listings for:

Antioch (now Andrews, p9); Huntington (p123), Mount Etna (p273), Roanoke (p336), Toledo, Wabash & Great Western RR (p606) -- note the absence of Markle and Warren

1866 Plat Map of Huntington County - has small directories for most of the county.

1876 Historical Atlas of Indiana - has small directories for Huntington (p422) and Warren (p448).

1879 Combination Atlas - See pages 155-119. 1879 Combination Atlas of Huntington County from Indiana State Library, Digital Section. (missing a few pages), HistoriceMapWorks free to browse and copies for sale (complete) The "Combination" comes from having both maps and brief histories of the area and short biographies of some families.

1897 Complete City Directory, Huntington, Indiana (only an alphabetical listing, no categories, no county community listing)

1899 Stephens' Directory of Huntington, Indiana - includes county listing by township (section number given after name)

1902 Johnson's Business and Professional Directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne .... (Huntington begins on p100, book is NOT organized alphabetically, consult Table of Contents)

1906-1959 (various years) in U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 (Ancestry, AncestryLibrary) $

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.

After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Huntington County courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Deeds from 1834-1901 on FamilySearch — unindexed

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Huntington County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.

• Historical Sketch of Huntington County, Indiana. 1877. Huntington, Ind: Herald Print. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Google Books.
• History of Huntington County, Indiana: a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress. 2 volumes. 1914. Editor: Frank Sumner Bash. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, 2 volumes in one - Hathitrust, Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat). Vol. 1 contains historical material; Vol. 2 contains biographies.
• History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. 1887. Chicago: Brant & Fuller. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).

• Index: Huntington County, Indiana index of names of persons and of firms. 1941. Works Projects Administration (WPA). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. An index to the four histories published from 1877 to 1914.

Maps and Gazetteers

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Maps help tell the story of settlement, ownership, and development. Plat maps in particular give the owners of at least the larger property owners, while smaller areas will at least have an outline.

• Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
• 1866 Plat Map of Huntington County
• 1879 Combination Atlas of Huntington County from Indiana State Library, Digital Section. (missing a few pages), free to browse and copies for sale (complete) The "Combination" comes from having both maps and brief histories of the area and short biographies of some families.
• 1879 Map of the City of Huntington. Just 6 years after incorporation as a city.
• 1903 Plat Map of Huntington County
• 1910 Rural Delivery Route Map of Huntington County (no names but can be used with county portion of City Directory to establish general area of residence)
• 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for Andrews
• c1920 Plat Books of Indiana - pages 81-93
• 1934 Map of Huntington County (in an Indiana Atlas), free to browse, copy for sale
• 1962 Plat Book of Huntington County
• 1967 Plat Book of Huntington County
• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (pre-1923) for Andrews, Huntington, Markle, Roanoke, and Warren

Military Records

• Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
• Veterans in Huntington County, Indiana (1886) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Huntington County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Huntington County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company K
• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company A
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F Reorganized Company C
• 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 23rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and G
• 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and G
• 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and H
• 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
• 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company G
• 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and H
• 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
• 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
• 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, and I

Civil War Books:

• "Military History" Chapter 4 in (1887) History of Huntington County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the northwest, the Indiana territory, and the state of Indiana. (1887. Chicago: Brant & Fuller.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; INTERNET ARCHIVE.

World War I

• 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• Felter, Mrs. Frank. 1923. Huntington County in the World war.
  • Volume 1 - Minutes and reports of the various county agents, groups, and individuals reporting to the County Council of Defense. Among the groups submitting reports were: American Red Cross, Liberty Loan Drives, Knights of Columbus, Y.M.A., Y.W.A., Tri Kappas, War Mothers, schools, and the library. Each report summarizes the group's work during the war. There are also parade photographs and newspaper clippings.
  • Volume 2 - Four page form from some 90 individuals summarizing their war participation. Filed alphabetically by surname. Available at the Indiana State Library.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.

• Hoosier State Chronicles

About 85% of pre-1930 Huntington papers are on Newspapers.com.$

Another 10% or so is on NewspaperArchive.com.$ NewspaperArchive.com also has: The Roanoke Review (1919-1923); and The Warren Tribune (1911-1921).

The Huntington City - Township Public Library (Huntington, Indiana) has copies of all extant papers on microfilm.

Town	Paper	Dates	Newspapers.com	NewspaperArchive.com
Huntington	Daily Democrat	1886-1897	1886, 1888-1897
Huntington	Daily Evening Herald	1883-1887
Huntington	Daily News Democrat	1897-1911	1897-1899, 1901-1911
Huntington	Evening Herald	1903-1914
Huntington	Huntington County Tab	1987 - current
Huntington	Huntington Democrat	1861-1897	1861-1862, 1877-1883, 1886-1888, 1890-1897	1862-1867, 1870-1872, 1874-1875, 1883-1886, 1888-1889, 1910
Huntington	Huntington Evening Herald	1903
Huntington	Huntington Herald	1911-1929	1903-1929*	1881, 1887-1889, 1891-1892, 1904-1905, 1907-1910, 1913*
Huntington	Huntington Herald (Mid Weekly)	1891-1913		1891-1892, 1905-1908*
Huntington	Huntington Herald (Weekly)	1887-1892	1891-1909*	1905-1908*
Huntington	Huntington Herald-Press	1929 - current
Huntington	Huntington Morning Star	1906
Huntington	Huntington News	1930-1968		1883-1884, 1888
Huntington	Huntington News Democrat		1902-1903, 1906, 1910-1913
Huntington	Huntington News Democrat (Mid Weekly)	1906-1907, 1910 - 1911		1906-1907, 1910-1911
Huntington	Huntington News Democrat (Weekly)	1897-1913		1903-1907, 1910-1911
Huntington	Huntington Press	1912-1929	1917
Huntington	Huntington Weekly News	1895-1897		1895-1897, 1907*
Huntington	Indiana Herald (Weekly)	1848-1887	1848-1864, 1867-1877, 1879-1881, 1883-1887	1864-1867, 1878-1879, 1881-1883, 1887
Huntington	Morning Times	1907-1911
Andrews	Andrews Express	1882-1885
Andrews	Andrews Signal	1893-1910
Roanoke	Roanoke Review	1919-1968		1919-1923
Warren	Warren News	1878-1889
Warren	Warren Weekly News	1901-1902
Warren	Warren Republican	1890-1903
Warren	Warren Tribune	1903-1993		1911-1921
Warren	Warren Weekly	1994-2001
Roanoke	Four Corners Courier	1972-1981
Markle	Markle Journal	1904-1931
Markle	Markle Courier	1940
Markle	Markle Monthly	1972-1973

* - Multiple papers with similar names may have been conflated into a single entry

Obituaries

The Huntington City-Township Public Library maintains an obituary card file that begins in 1921. It also has a series of binders where staff indexed early obituaries from 1848 to 1903 (Huntington papers) and 1910 (Warren and Andrews papers) using the microfilmed versions of the newspapers.

Probate Records

In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Huntington County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.

• 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $

FamilySearch Catalog Entries

• Probate order books from 1842-1922 and Probate complete records from 1842-1905, FamilySearch
• Will records, Aug. 1847-Feb.1920, FamilySearch

School Records

• Graduates of Banquo High School (1897-1955) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Graduates of Huntington High School (1908-1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Alumni of Huntington High School (1877-1888) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Teachers of Huntington (1888, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1954) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Officers and Teachers of Huntington Public Schools (1908-1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

• Records of Funderburg Funeral Home, Markle, (1909-1976) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Birth

• 1880-1923 - Indiana, Births and Christenings. 1733-1933 - FamilySearch - Index
• 1875-1920 - Huntington County Indiana, WPA Birth [Ledger] Index, Vol 1:A-L - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
• 1875-1920 - Huntington County Indiana, WPA Birth [Ledger] Index, Vol 2:M-Z - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
• 1875-1920 - Huntington County, digital copy of single original health department birth ledger entry - Huntington City-Township Public Library, hctpl.info (send request)
• 1880-1920 - Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920 at Ancestry.com - Index ($)
• 1907-1940 - Indiana Birth Certificates, 1907-1940 at Ancestry.com ($)

Marriage

• 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
• 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
• 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Index to Supplemental Marriages, Vol 1:A-K - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)
• 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Index to Supplemental Marriages, Vol 2:L-Z - FamilySearch - Browsable Index (Digital microfilm)

Death

• 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)
• 1882-1920 Huntington County, Indiana, WPA Death [Ledger] Index - FamilySearch - Browsable Index
• 1882-1920 Huntington County, digital copy of single original health department death ledger entry - Huntington City-Township Public Library, hctpl.info (send request)

Funeral Home Records

• Records of Funderburg Funeral Home, Markle, (1909-1976) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Huntington County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

The Huntington City-Township Public Library functions as the county archives with many original records, including marriage and will books.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Huntington Indiana Family History Center

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Huntington County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

Andrews-Dallas Township Public Library
30 E. Madison St.
Andrews, IN 46702
Telephone Number: 260-786-3574
Website

Huntington City-Township Public Library
B. Joan Keefer Genealogy and Local History Center
255 W. Park Dr.
Huntington, IN 46750
Telephone Number: 260-356-0824

Roanoke Public Library
314 N. Main St.
Roanoke, IN 46783
Telephone Number: 260-676-2989
Website

Warren Public Library
123 E. 3rd St.
Warren, IN 46792
Telephone Number: 260-356-7264
Email: warrenpl@warren.lib.in.us
Website

Museums

Huntington County Historical Society
315 Court St.
Huntington, IN 46750-2862
Telephone Number: 260-375-3450
Website

Roanoke Area Heritage Center
102 W. First St.
Roanoke, IN 46783
Telephone Number: 260-672-3252
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Huntington County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.

Huntington County Historical Society
PO Box 1012
Huntington, IN 46750

Huntington County Genealogical Society
c/o Huntington City-Township Public Library
255 W. Park Dr.
Huntington, IN 46750
Telephone Number: 260-356-0824

Websites

• Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
• Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
• Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
• List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
• Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Scroll the list.
• EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
• Huntington County INGenWeb
• Huntington County, Indiana: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More at Linkpendium
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

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