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Perry Township
Delaware County, Indiana

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Towns:   Gates Corner   -   Medford   -   Mount Pleasant   -   New Burlington
Location
Coordinates:  40°06′52″N
85°16′36″W   [S2] -
-  Southeast corner of Delaware County [S11, page 5]
-  Surrounding Townships/Counties:  Liberty Township to the North, Randolph County to the East, Henry County to the South, Monroe Township to the west  [S11, page 5]

 

Other Names
Cemeteries [S2] -
Felton


Mount Pleasant:    


Rees:  [S12]
-  Location:  Burlington Road
-  Cemetery dates to about 1831
-  Burial place for the last Delaware Indian in the county.
-  "Rees Cemetery Title Cleared"  (Photo and Caption) - (The Muncie Star (Muncie, Indiana, 22 Apr 1992)
-  "The Rees Cemetery" by Erma (Rees) McVicker, nd - Doc4297.pdf
Population:  
1870: 1163
1880: 1200 [S3, page 3]
Maps:
1870:  [S5] -
1874:  [S7, page 15] - New Burlington - Mt. Pleasant -
1876:  [S4] -
Schools:
Center School:
   -  S8 page 116,
   -  [Our Neighborhood by Bill Spurgeon, The Muncie Star, 18 Jan 1994] - Doc2731.pdf
   -  [Our Neighborhood, by Bill Spurgeon, The Muncie Star, 4 Nov 1991] - Doc2732.pdf
   -  Center School Historical Collection is housed in the Archives and Special Collections of Bracken Library [DCHA Newsletter, Apr 2001]
   -  "A Wagon used to convey pupils in Perry Township" - [DCHS Newsletter, July-Sept 2008, page 3]   
   -  Located in the center of the township - Students now attend Wapahani High School [Our Neighborhood, The Muncie Star, 18 Jan 1994]
-  Highest point in the County:  Northeast Qtr of NW Qtr of Sec. 13 - Owned by J. A. Mills  [S11, page 5, 7]
-  First white child born in Delaware County:  Isaac Van Arsdoll, Son of Cornelius Van Arsdoll  [S11, page 9]
-  Store in Hasel (Old Mt. Pleasant)  [S11, page 12A]
-  Nine School Districts - Listed with their locations - [S11, page5 and 19]
 
 

 

Sources
 

Source Citation

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S1 Google Maps  
S2 WikiPedia Article  
S3 An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971  
S4 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: Perry Township

 

From 1876 - Delaware County Map


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S5 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:  Perry Township, Delaware County

 
S6 BookRoad Names of Delaware County, Indiana. Muncie, Indiana: Delaware County Historical Society, 2005. Bk3641, page 16  
S7 BookMap 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  
S8 Book:  Lasley, Norma and the Delaware County Historical Society (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana). Images of America: Delaware County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2012. Bk3725  
S9 "Delaware County's Delinquent Taxpayers of 1842" - Delaware County, Genealogist and Historian, March 1995, page 13 - Doc2904.pdf  
S10 "Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847"  Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes.  Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf  
S11 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 -  
S12 (Our Neighborhood, Ruth Hillman - The Muncie Star, 23 June 1993) - Doc4296.pdf -  
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