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Whitley County, Indiana

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6historic places

—earliest paper

1835formed

34,191pop. 2020

19cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Columbia City, Larwill, South Whitley.

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 Whitley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Blue Bell Inc., Factory Building	Columbia City	Building	2018
Columbia City Historic District	Columbia City	District	1987
Marshall, Thomas R., House	Columbia City	Building	1983
Souder, Dr. Christopher, House	Larwill	Building	2005
South Whitley Historic District	South Whitley	District	2017
Whitley County Courthouse	Columbia City	Building	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Whitley was formed in 1835 (1835-02-07) from unknown / original county.

WHITLEY created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN, Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Whitley County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,237	10,730	16,941	17,328	15,660	17,001	18,828	20,954	26,215	30,707	34,191

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

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

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams Cemetery	41.22132	-85.57105
Bayless Cemetery	41.03449	-85.33638
Bethel Cemetery	41.1692	-85.54136
Broxon Cemetery	41.03486	-85.35586
Cleveland Cemetery	41.07132	-85.60198
Concord Cemetery	41.18618	-85.35355
Garrison Cemetery	41.18089	-85.3963
Jeffries Cemetery	41.2086	-85.3402
Lakeview Cemetery	41.17559	-85.62415
Nolt Cemetery	41.12671	-85.49636
Oak Grove Cemetery	41.12421	-85.45303
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	41.26611	-85.64154
Richland Center Cemetery	41.13282	-85.62525
Saint Peters Cemetery	41.09056	-85.52937
Scott Cemetery	41.2519	-85.55701
Scott Cemetery	41.28835	-85.55615
South Park Cemetery	41.13977	-85.49381
Stough Cemetery	41.19873	-85.50074
Wigent Cemetery	41.15311	-85.36523

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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