Whitley County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1835--Whitley County was created 7 February 1835 from Elkhart and Allen Counties. County seat: Columbia City 

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * Huntington
 * Kosciusko
 * Noble
 * Wabash

Cemeteries
The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a number of on-line cemetery databases for Whitley County.

• Albright Evangelical Church Cemetery • Bayless Cemetery • Boggs Cemetery • Burch-Ditton Cemetery • Broxson Cemetery • Cleveland Cemetery • Coesse Lutheran Cemetery • Compton-Oak Grove Cemetery • Concord (Concordia) Cemetery • County Line Lutheran Cemetery • Eberhard Cemetery • Garrison Cemetery • Grumlich Cemetery • Hell's Half Acre Cemetery • Hopkins Cemetery • Jacob Hively Cemetery • Jeffries Cemetery • Kelsey Family Cemetery • Mitchell Cemetery • Nolt Cemetery • Otis Miner Cemetery • Ream-Bethel Cemetery • Rousseau-Pence Cemetery • St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery • St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery • Samuel Leaman Cemetery • Samuel Miner Cemetery • Scott Cemetery • Scott Keister Cemetery • Shank Cemetery • South Park Cemetery • Stough Cemetery • Thompson Cemetery • Universalist Church Cemetery • Wigent-Taylor Cemetery

Other Cemetery Listings


 * Genealogical Society of Whitley County Cemeteries List
 * Find A Grave Whitley County Cemetery List
 * Find A Grave Whitley County Cemetery Map

Maps

 * Simple Map of Townships of Whitley County
 * David Rumsey Map of Whitley County 1876 Shows Townships

Military

 * Civil War

Civil War service men from Whitley 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 Whitley County.


 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reoganized Company C
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E and K
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 152th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C and I

Vital Records
See Web Sites below, Genealogical Society of Whitley County

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Whitley County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Genealogical Society of Whitley County
 * INGenWeb Project Whitley County  (This is the USGenWeb project site for Whitley County)
 * USGenWeb Archives Whitley County
 * USGenWeb Archives Whitley County