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Bartholomew County, Indiana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
25historic places
—earliest paper
1821formed
82,208pop. 2020
36cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Columbus, Hope, Taylorsville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bartholomew titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aikens, David, HouseColumbusBuilding2001
Bartholomew County CourthouseColumbusBuilding1979
Columbus City HallColumbusBuilding1979
Columbus Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict1982
Daugherty, Elnora, FarmColumbusDistrict1992
Daugherty, James and Annetta, House and BarnColumbusBuilding2020
Evans Lustron HouseColumbusBuilding2022
First Baptist Church NHLColumbusBuilding2000
First Christian Church NHLColumbusBuilding2001
Gant, William R., FarmColumbusBuilding2000
Haw Creek Leather CompanyColumbusBuilding1998
Heagy, D.W., FarmColumbusBuilding1998
Hope Historic DistrictHopeDistrict1991
Irwin Union Bank and Trust NHLColumbusBuilding2000
Irwin Union Bank and Trust, Eastbrook Plaza BranchColumbusBuilding2025
Marr, James, House and FarmColumbusBuilding1980
McDowell, Mabel, Elementary School NHLColumbusBuilding2001
McEwen-Samuels-Marr HouseColumbusBuilding1978
McKinley SchoolColumbusBuilding1988
Miller House NHLColumbusBuilding2000
New Hope BridgeColumbusStructure1999
Newsom-Marr FarmColumbusBuilding2002
North Christian Church NHLColumbusBuilding2000
Pugh Ford BridgeTaylorsvilleStructure1999
The Republic NHLColumbusBuilding2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bartholomew was formed in 1821 (1821-02-12) from DELAWARE New Purchase, Jackson.

BARTHOLOMEW created from DELAWARE New Purchase and JACKSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bartholomew County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

82k44k5,47618301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,47610,04217,86522,77724,59423,88728,27636,10848,19865,08871,43582,208

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

36 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 36 of 36 listed
NameLatLon
Azalia Methodist Cemetery39.08914-85.84552
Carter Cemetery39.24372-85.94142
Columbus City Cemetery39.21561-85.916
Daugherty Cemetery39.13782-85.90831
Donaldson Cemetery39.14841-85.79064
Flatrock Baptist Cemetery39.28095-85.90456
Fletcher Cemetery39.34157-85.70921
Galbraith Cemetery39.29865-85.70387
Garland Brook Cemetery39.20671-85.89221
Haislup Cemetery39.17036-86.06837
Harmony Burial Ground39.1773-86.01248
Harmony Cemetery39.13799-85.86422
Hartsville College Cemetery39.26236-85.69703
Kansas Cemetery39.3296-86.03221
Lambert Cemetery39.25981-85.88125
Liberty Cemetery39.27386-85.89492
Little Sand Creek Cemetery39.18913-85.72853
Moravian Cemetery39.30092-85.77508
Mount Pleasant Cemetery39.18421-85.9683
Mount Pleasant Cemetery39.23267-85.68965
Old Saint Louis Cemetery39.31728-85.78524
Parkison Cemetery39.17466-85.72045
Roth Cemetery39.15308-86.03392
Saint Paul Cemetery39.11561-86.0236
Sand Hill Cemetery39.22355-85.85355
Sandcreek Cemetery39.107-85.84045
Sharon Cemetery39.2431-85.78192
Sidener Cemetery39.3275-85.77885
Sidney Branch Cemetery39.32663-85.85665
Simmons Cemetery39.34139-85.79464
Spaugh Cemetery39.33354-85.83692
Springer Cemetery39.1321-85.83612
Steenbarger Cemetery39.31089-85.92334
Tannehill Cemetery39.30231-85.97087
Thompson Cemetery39.18663-85.89429
Treadway Cemetery39.31824-85.94741

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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