Washington Township

Towns: Elizabethtown - Gaston - Janney - Stockport - Wheeling

Location:
Coordinates: 40°20′59″N 85°31′00″W [S2] -

Other Names:

Cemeteries:   [S2] -
Elizabethtown:
   - "J. Wilson set apart one acre from his farm near Elizabethtown, and in 1836 or 1837, donated it to the Township for a cemetary. His wife Elizabeth, died in 1838, and was the first occupant of the inclosure thus consecrated." [S10, p 297]
Olive Branch:
Thompson:
Wheeling:

1874: [S9, page 18] -
- Sec. 11 - Sec. 12 - Awx. 13 -
- Methodist Church Cemetery, Sec. 13 West -

Population:
1870: 1190
1880: 1402 [S3, page 3]

Maps:
1870: [S5] -
1874: Elizabethtown (Sec. 12 (NW corner of Township) - New Corner (Sec. 33) - Culbertson Corners (Sec. 31) - Wheeling (Sec 13, East Side)
Mississinewa River - Cologne P.O. (Sec. 13) - [S9, page 18] -
- S. Mill and G. Mill - Sec. 30 at NE corner at Culbertson Corner [S9, page 18] -

1876: [S4] -

Schools:
1874: [S9, page 18] -
School #1, Sec. 12 East
School #2, Sec. 13, East -
School #3, Sec 10 -
School #4, Sec 7
School # 5, Sec. 13 West -
School # 6, Sec. 20 West -
School # 7, Sec. 22 -
School #8, Sec. 23 -
School #9, Sec. 36 East -
School #10, Sec. 34 - at Gaston
School #11, Sec. 29
School #12, Sec. 25, west, at Culbertson Corners -

William McCormick purchased land in 1829 in Section 14 - Occupied the land in 1830 or 1831 - Operated a tavern - [S10, p 296]

Township Information: [S7, page181]

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An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Washington Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Washington Township, Delaware County

Haimbaugh, Frank D. History of Delaware County, Indiana. historical Publishing Company, 1924. Bk3609.

Ellis, John S. Our County: [Delaware County, Indiana] Its History and Early Settlement by Townships. (1890). Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, Reproduction, 1987. Bk2082. Read Online -

Book: Road Names of Delaware County, Indiana. Muncie, Indiana: Delaware County Historical Society, 2005. Bk3641, page 19

Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642, page 18

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Helm, T. B. (Thomas B). History of Delaware County, Indiana: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Kingman Brothers, 1881 (Reprint, 1976), Bk1595

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"Delaware County's Delinquent Taxpayers of 1842" - Delaware County, Genealogist and Historian, March 1995, page 13 - Doc2904.pdf

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"From Snagtown to Gaston: A Washington Township Story" Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1998, page 48-50. Doc2906.pdf

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"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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