Henry County, Indiana
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Henry County, Indiana
Settlement-era history resources for Henry County
County histories and biographies
- Pleas, Elwood. 1871. Henry County; past and present: a brief history of the county from 1821 to 1871. New Castle, Ind: Pleas Bros.
- (Available on-line at archive.org)
- 1884. History of Henry County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages, and towns ... also a condensed history of Indiana, embracing accounts of pre-historic races, aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history. Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co.
- (Available at HeritageQuest Online)
- 1902. Biographical memoirs of Henry County, Indiana to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography--memoirs of eminent men and women in the United States, whose deeds of valor or works of merit have made their names imperishable. Logansport, Ind: B.F. Bowen.
- 1906. Hazzard's history of Henry county, Indiana, 1822-1906. Newcastle, Ind: G. Hazzard, author and publisher.
Maps and Atlases
- 1857 atlas, Henry County, Indiana: reprinted from map of Henry County, Indiana. 1994. Knightstown, Ind: The Bookmark.
- Higgins, Belden & Company. 1875. An illustrated historical atlas of Henry Co., Indiana. Chicago: The Company.
- Rerick Brothers (Richmond, Ind.). 1893. The county of Henry, Indiana: topography, history, art folio : including chronological chart of general, national, state, and county history. [Richmond, Ind.]: Rerick Bros.
- Boyd, Gregory A. 2008. Family maps of Henry County, Indiana: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. Norman, Okla: Arphax Pub. Co.
