Delaware County census collection
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
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Muncie, Indiana, 47306
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Delaware County census collection
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
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Delaware County census collection
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Delaware County census collection
Date
1790-1920
Extent
1.5 Cubic feet 4 boxes
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Please ask an archivist for preferred citation information.
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Historical Note
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a
given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population conducted by the
United States Census Bureau.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes federal census information from Delaware County and surrounding counties in
Indiana ranging from 1820 to 1930.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2012/02/17 by Julie Hauslnecht. EAD finding aid created 2011/02/21 by
Julie Hauslnecht. EAD finding aid revised 2012/02/24 by Bethany Fiechter.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Documents
Geographic Name(s)
• Muncie (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--19th century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
Subject(s)
• Census
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Collection Inventory
1790 Federal censuses, 1800-1850 federal census indexes and land patents, wills and tax lists sources,
1985 Aug.
Box
1
Text
Folder
1
Heiss, Willard. 1820 Federal Census for Indiana. Indianapolis: The Genealogy Section of the Indiana
Historical Society, 1966.
Text
Box
1
Object
1
Box
1
Folder
2
Box
Folder
Delaware County 1830 census record index and notes, 1830
Text
Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840
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Text
1
3
Box
1
Folder
4
Box
1
Folder
5
Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840
Text
Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840
Text
Delaware County, Indiana: 1850 Population Schedule 7th Federal Census. The Delaware County
Genealogical Society, 1974-1975.
Box
1
Text
Object
2
Delaware County, Indiana 1850 population schedule, 7th federal census, 1850
Box
1
Text
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Folder
6
Delaware County census collection
Delaware County, Indiana 1850 population schedule, 7th federal census, 1850
Box
1
Text
Folder
7
Every Name Index, Delaware County, Indiana 1870 census, undated
Text
Box
2
Folder
1
Box
2
Folder
2
Perry Township census, 1850
Text
Delaware, County, Indiana: 1860 Population Schedule 8th Federal Census. Part I. Muncie: Ball State
University, undated.
Box
2
Text
Object
1
Delaware, County, Indiana: 1860 Population Schedule 8th Federal Census. Part II. Muncie: Ball State
University, undated.
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Text
Box
2
Object
2
Box
2
Folder
3
Box
3
Folder
1
Box
3
Folder
2
Box
3
Folder
3
Washington Township census, 1860
Text
Harrison Township census, 1860
Text
Hamilton Township census, 1860
Text
Union Township census, 1860
Text
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Mount Pleasant Township census, 1860
Text
Box
3
Folder
4
Box
3
Folder
5
Box
3
Folder
6
Box
3
Folder
7
Salem Township census, 1860
Text
Monroe Township census, 1860
Text
Center Township census, 1860
Text
Muncie census, 1860
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Text
Box
3
Folder
8
Box
3
Folder
9
Box
3
Folder
10
Box
3
Folder
11
Box
3
Folder
12
Niles Township census, 1860
Text
Delaware Township census, 1860
Text
Liberty Township census, 1860
Text
Perry Township census, 1860
Text
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Cesus index, 1860
Text
Box
3
Folder
13
Box
3
Object
1
Gray, Shawn. 1870 Delaware County, Indiana Census. undated.
Text
A List of the Households in Delaware County, Indiana: 1880: 1880 Census of Delaware County Indiana.
undated.
Box
4
Text
Object
1
Alig, Leona (Tobey). Index 1830 Federal Population Census for Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana
Historical Society, 1981.
Box
4
Text
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Object
2
Delaware County census collection
The 1920 Federal Population Census Catalog of National Archives Microfilm. Washington, D. C. :
National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1991.
Text
Box
4
Folder
1
Box
4
Folder
2
Box
4
Folder
3
Box
4
Folder
4
Blackford County, Indiana census, 1840
Text
Fayette County, Indiana census, 1830
Text
Grant County, Indiana census, 1840
Text
Randolph County, Indiana census, 1830
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Text
Box
4
Folder
5
Box
4
Folder
6
Box
4
Folder
7
Box
4
Folder
8
Box
4
Folder
9
Jay County, Indiana census, 1840
Text
Henry County, Indiana census, 1830
Text
Wayne County, Indiana census, 1830
Text
Delaware County 1820 federal cesus, 1820
Text
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