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Warrick County, Indiana

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
8historic places
—earliest paper
1813formed
63,898pop. 2020
47cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Newburgh, Boonville, Hatfield.

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 Warrick titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Boonville Public Square Historic DistrictBoonvilleDistrict1987
Ellerbusch Archeological Site (12W56)NewburghSite1991
Old Newburgh Presbyterian ChurchNewburghBuilding1978
Old Warrick County JailBoonvilleBuilding1979
Original Newburgh Historic DistrictNewburghDistrict1983
Pyeatt’s Mill Iron BridgeHatfieldStructure2022
Roberts-Morton HouseNewburghBuilding1974
Yankeetown Archeological SiteYankeetownSite1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warrick was formed in 1813 (1813-04-01) from Knox.

WARRICK created by Indiana Territory from KNOX.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Warrick County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

64k33k1,7491820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,7496,32113,26120,16222,32919,86219,43521,52723,57741,47452,38363,898

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
liboPark unit24.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 47 of 47 listed
NameLatLon
Asbury Cemetery38.07348-87.42211
Ashby - McClary Cemetery38.17885-87.18502
Avery Cemetery38.16898-87.08926
Baker Cemetery38.02626-87.31698
Barrenfork Cemetery38.16386-87.2062
Bates Hill Cemetery37.9246-87.31273
Broshears Cemetery37.992-87.22371
Brown Chapel Cemetery37.99903-87.20875
Bruce Cemetery38.14735-87.09011
Bullock Cemetery37.96789-87.26133
Chinn Cemetery38.16934-87.03642
Clark Cemetery38.11686-87.08249
Clutter Stone Cemetery38.06833-87.27374
Crossroads Cemetery38.10654-87.35755
Ebenezer Cemetery38.18875-87.17909
Ellis Cemetery38.02898-87.34334
Garrison Cemetery38.10698-87.11907
Greenwood Cemetery38.03526-87.36858
Hedge Cemetery37.98154-87.39924
Hull Cemetery38.14768-87.14292
Kelley Cemetery38.10234-87.21901
Leslie Cemetery38.14451-87.19344
Lynnville Cemetery38.20168-87.30207
Maple Grove Cemetery38.03491-87.27497
Massey Cemetery38.1497-87.30422
Mills Cemetery38.10074-87.20611
Morrison Cemetery38.14078-87.31665
Mount Olive Cemetery38.16146-87.32833
Northview Cemetery38.16578-87.44784
Perigo Cemetery38.01852-87.2743
Plainview Memorial Cemetery38.03943-87.23311
Polk Cemetery38.09781-87.1817
Polk Cemetery38.09894-87.11842
Reed Cemetery38.10923-87.21687
Rose Hill Cemetery37.96166-87.40066
Roth Cemetery38.06628-87.20647
Sharon Cemetery37.9565-87.38186
Shiloh Cemetery38.15363-87.20874
Small Cemetery38.0274-87.21843
Susett Cemetery38.14355-87.43409
Thornburg Cemetery38.03292-87.25599
Twin Cemetery38.13988-87.11166
Warren Cemetery37.97245-87.24104
Wesley Chapel Cemetery38.10575-87.31387
Wetherill Cemetery38.13357-87.04799
Williams Cemetery38.19441-87.4568
Zion Cemetery38.15858-87.43964

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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