INDIANA GENEALOGY TRAILS WASHINGTON CO. INDIANA HOMEPAGE 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. BIOGRAPHIES CENSUS INFO NEWSPAPERS OBITUARIES BIRTHS DEATHS MARRIAGES CEMETERIES GOVERNMENT HISTORY PHOTOS 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 How about joining one of our mailing lists ? 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.