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Decatur County, Indiana, United States

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Details for Decatur County

NameDecatur County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Indiana, United States
County SeatGreensburg (Washington Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 39.3372722 39° 20' 14.2" N
Longitude -85.4835810 85° 29' 00.9" W
Population23,645
Elevation292 m
Surrounding CountiesRush N
Fayette NE
Franklin E
Ripley SE
Jennings S
Bartholomew W
Shelby NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID450345
Histopolis Place ID262431817
Updated Dec 3, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Decatur County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=807 (6 Sep 2009)

EveryNameIndex.com - Every Name Index to History of Decatur Co, IN (1915) [everynameindex.com] Added Dec 3, 2011
Compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007. Original text by Lewis A. Harding, published by B. F. Bowen, 1915. This index contains over 17,200 entries.
http://www.everynameindex.com/DecaturCoIN.html (2 Dec 2011)

(page title not available) [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/decatur/cemeteries.html (7 Jul 2010)

Decatur County, Indiana IN, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Decatur County, Indiana IN, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5296 (12 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Decatur County, Ind. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DC.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Decatur County, Indiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur_County,_Indiana (3 Jun 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Indiana > Decatur County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Indiana > Decatur County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IN/Decatur/ (20 Dec 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Decatur County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=5296&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (28 Nov 2008)
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Surveys in Decatur County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 18 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Decatur County. You can navigate to any of the 18 survey townships that overlap Decatur County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Decatur County

9 Townships
AdamsClayClintonFugit
JacksonMarionSaltcreekSandcreek
Washington

Cities of Decatur County

1 City, 4 Towns, 37 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AdamsAlertBurneyClarksburg
CraigDowneyvilleEnochsburgEwington
Forest HillGaynorsvilleGermantownGreensburg (city)
HarperHarris CityHoraceKingston
Knarr CornerLettsLetts CornerMapleton Corner
McCoyMechanicsburgMiddle BranchMilford
Millhousen (town)Neff CornerNew PenningtonNew Point (town)
PinhookRossburgSaint MauriceSaint Omer
Saint Paul (town)SanduskySardiniaSlabtown
Smiths CrossingSmyrnaSpringhill (historical u.p.)Tarkeo Corner
WaynesburgWestport (town)

Cemeteries of Decatur County

39 Cemeteries, 6 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AntiochArnoldBurks ChapelButcher
Center GroveColumbiaEddlemanFinley
ForsytheHorseshoe BendLower UnionMaple
MapletonMcLaughlinMemorialMount Carmel
Mount HebronMount OlivetMount PisgahMount Pleasant
MoweryMt. Carmel (*)Mt. Hebron (*)Mt. Olivet (*)
Mt. Pisgah (*)Mt. Pleasant (*)NauvooPatrick
PumphreyRodneyRossSaint Marys
Sand CreekShilohShirkSouth Park
SpringerSt. Marys (*)SwailsSwinney
UnionUnion ChapelWesleyWestport
Wynn

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