Digitized Resources

City and County Maps

Atlas of Montgomery County: 1878 Images of the complete Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana from 1878. Leads to maps of not just of Indiana counties and towns, but also to national maps and statistics from the 1870 United States Census.

Montgomery County Plat Maps: From the 1880s and early 1900s.

Sanborn Map of Crawfordsville, 1925: Single image of the February, 1925, Sanborn insurance of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Separate detailed sections of the map are available onsite.

City and County Records

Clerk Records (1868-1874): Records of city proceedings, minutes, reports, and bylaws.

Coal Creek Township Warrants, 1895-1896; includes Bearer Bonds from 1909-1919.

Montgomery County Township Surveyor’s Record Books: The Montgomery County Surveyor’s Office donated county survey records for digitization. These books give section, township, NR, and direction. The books help locate corners, size, marks, witness size, direction, distance, and marks. Covers 1832-1977.

Prisoners Admitted to Jail in Montgomery County, Indiana — Sheriff Records

Register of Negroes of Montgomery County, 1851-1853: This document lists names and descriptions of free Black Americans living in Montgomery County. Includes an index at the beginning.

Register of Paupers in Montgomery County Poor Farm, 1869-1978: This book contains names, age, admitted date, discharge date, died, where born, parentage, physical description, township, disability, and remarks. Sometimes indicates where buried and next of kin.

Index for Register of Paupers

Cemetery Records

Atlas of Cemeteries: Veterans’ Graves Registration Project (WPA: 1940) — WPA index of townships

Confederate Veterans Buried in Montgomery County: A listing of 64 Confederate veterans buried in Montgomery County with unit and cemetery information.

Oakland Cemetery Association (Elmdale) Ledger

School Records

Bowers High School Enumeration 1922: A list of names and information about the students.

Coal Creek Central Alumni Minutes 1955-2000

Crawfordsville City Schools Faculty Staff List: An index of Crawfordsville’s Central School and High School from 1876-2001.

Crawfordsville High School Credit Records

Montgomery County Public School Honor Roll 1911-1912: Contains awards of merit for each township. Listing old school names and student names and grades.

Waveland Public Schools 1908-1909 Twenty-First Annual Report: This book contains the superintendent’s report, high school course of studies, board of education, high school alumni from 1884 to 1907, and teachers’ names and years taught.

Montgomery County Plat Maps

The CDPL Adult Services Department has digitized and indexed the Montgomery County, Indiana Assessor’s Plat Map Books. Montgomery County has 10 townships, and each township averages 12 to 13 volumes. The originals are stored in our archives, and bound copies are available for our patrons to consult on site.

See our Quick Reference on Plat Maps
Use an index of names — 54,110 records
Montgomery-County-IN-Plat-Books-Index.pdf

Note: The digitized volumes below are multi-page .pdf documents that average 10-25MB in size. An index is located at the front of each volume.

Brown Township

1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Clark Township

1875 — 1886 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Coal Creek Township

1875 — 1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Franklin Township

1875 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Madison Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Ripley Township

1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Scott Township

1875 — 1880 — 1886 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1925 — 1932

Sugar Creek Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Union Township

1886a — 1886b — 1891a — 1891b — 1895 — 1899a — 1899b — 1903a — 1903b — 1907a — 1907b — 1911a — 1911b — 1919a — 1919b — 1922 — 1925a — 1925b — 1928 — 1932a — 1932b

Walnut Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928

Wayne Township

1875a — 1875b — 1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

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