List of historical societies in Indiana
The following is a list of historical societies in the state of Indiana, United States.[1][2]
Organizations
| History of Indiana | |
|---|---|
 The seal of Indiana reflects the state's pioneer era | |
| Historical Periods | |
| Pre-history | until 1670 |
| French Rule | 1679–1763 |
| British Rule | 1763–1783 |
| U.S. Territorial Period | 1783–1816 |
| Indiana Statehood | 1816–present |
| Major Events | |
| Tecumseh's War War of 1812 | 1811–1814 |
| Constitutional convention | June 1816 |
| Polly v. Lasselle | 1820 |
| Capitol moved to Indianapolis | 1825 |
| Passage of the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act | 1831 |
| State Bankruptcy | 1841 |
| 2nd Constitution | 1851 |
| Civil War | 1860–1865 |
| Gas Boom | 1887–1905 |
| Harrison elected president | 1888 |
| KKK scandal | 1925 |
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- Abington Historical Society
- Adams County Historical Society[1]
- Alexandria-Monroe Township Historical Society
- Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
- Anson Wolcott Historical Society
- Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver
- Balbec Historical Club
- Bartholomew County Historical Society[1]
- Batesville Area Historical Society
- Beech Grove Historical Society
- Benton County Historical Society
- Besancon Historical Society
- Beverly Shores Historical Society
- Blackford County Historical Society[1]
- Boone County Historical Society
- Borden Institute Historical Society
- Brown County Historical Society[1]
- Canal Society of Indiana
- Carmel Clay Historical Society
- Carroll County Historical Society[4]
- Cass County Historical Society[4]
- Christian Park Active Community
- Clark's Grant Historical Society
- Clarksville Historical Society
- Clay County Historical Society[5]
- Clay Township Historical & Preservation Society
- Clinton County Historical Society
- Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Daviess County Historical Society
- Dearborn County Historical Society[6]
- Decatur Township Historical Society
- DeKalb County Historical Society
- Delaware County Historical Society
- Demotte Historical Society
- Dubois County Historical Society
- Duneland Historical Society
- Dyer Historical Society
- East Chicago Historical Society
- Elkhart County Historical Society[6]
- Elwood-Pipecreek Historical Society
- Ferdinand Historical Society
- Floyd County Historical Society
- Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society
- Fountain County Historical Society
- Franklin County Historical Society
- Franklin Township Historical Society
- Fremont Historical Society
- Fulton County Historical Society
- Garrett Historical Society
- Gary Historical & Cultural Society
- Gas City Historical Society
- Gibson County Historical Society
- Grabill Historical Society
- Grant County Historical Society
- Greene County Historical Society
- Greentown Historical Society[7]
- Griffith Historical Society
- Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society
- Hamilton County Historical Society
- Hammond Historical Society
- Hancock County Historical Society
- Hanna Historical Society
- Haubstadt Area Historical Society
- Hebron Historical Society
- Henry County Historical Society[8]
- Hessville Historical Society
- Highland Historical Society
- Historical Society of Decatur County[7]
- Historical Society of Harrison County
- Historical Society of Ogden Dunes
- Historical Society of Porter County
- Hobart Historical Society
- Howard County Historical Society
- Huntertown Historical Society
- Huntington County Historical Society
- Indiana German Heritage Society
- Indiana High School Basketball Historical Society
- Indiana Historical Radio Society
- Indiana Historical Society
- Indiana Jewish Historical Society
- Indiana Postal History Society
- Indianapolis Firefighters Historical Society
- Ireland Historical Society
- Irvington Historical Society
- Jackson Township Historical Society
- Jasper County Historical Society
- Jay County Historical Society
- Jefferson County Historical Society
- Jennings County Historical Society
- Johnson County Historical Society[6]
- Jonesboro Historical Society
- Joseph Boggs Society for Historic Preservation
- Kankakee Valley Historical Society
- Kendallville Historical Society
- Kennard Historical Society
- Kosciusko County Historical Society
- La Porte County Historical Society[6]
- LaGrange County Historical Society
- Lake County Historical Society
- Lake Station Historical Society
- Lawrence County Railroad Historical Society
- Lexington Historical Society
- Liberty Township Historical Society
- Ligonier Historical Society
- Linden-Madison Township Historical Society
- Long Beach Historical Society
- Madison County Historical Society
- Marion County Historical Society
- Marshall County Historical Society[6]
- Martin County Historical Society
- Matthews Covered Bridge Historical Society
- Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society
- Miami County Historical Society
- Michiana Jewish Historical Society
- Michigan City Historical Society
- Middletown Fall Creek Township Historical Society
- Mississinewa Battlefield Society
- Monon Railroad Historical–Technical Society, Inc.
- Monroeville Historical Society
- Montgomery County Historical Society
- Montpelier Historical Society
- Morgan County History and Genealogy Association
- Munster Historical Society
- New Paris Historical Society
- Newton County Historical Society
- Noble County Historical Society[6]
- North Manchester Center for History
- Northern Indiana Historical Society[7][9]
- Ohio County Historical Society
- Orange County Historical Society
- Orestes Historical Society
- Osceola Historical Society
- Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Parke County Historical Society
- Pekin Historical Society
- Perry Township Pioneer Cemetery Society
- Perry Township-Southport Historical Society
- Pike Township Historical Society
- Portage Community Historical Society
- Posey County Historical Society
- Pulaski County Historical Society
- Putnam County Historical Society
- Randolph County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Remington Historical Society
- Ripley County Historical Society
- Russiaville Historical Society
- Schererville Historical Society
- Scotland Historical Society
- Scott County Historical Society
- Shelby Township Historical Association
- Sheridan Historical Society
- Shipshewana Area Historical Society
- Shirley Historical Society
- Society of Indiana Pioneers
- South Lake County Agricultural Historical Society
- Southwestern Indiana Historical Society[4]
- Spencer County Historical Society
- St. John Historical Society
- Starke County Historical Society
- Steuben County Historical Society[6]
- Sugar Creek Historical Society
- Sullivan County Historical Society
- Summitville Van Buren Township Historical Society
- Surveyors Historical Society
- Switzerland County Historical Society
- Tell City Historical Society
- The Wanatah Historical Society
- Three Creeks Historical Association
- Tippecanoe County Historical Association
- Tipton County Historical Society
- Topeka Area Historical Society
- Union County Historical Society
- Upland Area Historical Society
- Vanderburgh County Historical Society
- Vermillion County Historical Society
- Vigo County Historical Society
- Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society
- Wabash County Historical Society
- Wakarusa Historical Society
- Walkerton Area Historical Society
- Warren County Historical Society
- Washington County Historical Society[6]
- Wayne Township Historical Society
- Wells County Historical Society
- West Baden Historical Society
- Westfield-Washington Historical Society
- Westville Community Historical Society
- White County Historical Society
- Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society
- Whitley County Historical Society
- Yorktown Mt. Pleasant Township Historical Alliance
- Zionsville Historical Society
See also
- History of Indiana
- List of museums in Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana
- List of historical societies in the United States
References
- ^ a b c d e "Hometown Resources: Find Who You Need by County", indianahistory.org, Indiana Historical Society, retrieved July 25, 2024
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive
- ^ Lake County Times, Indiana, August 20, 1909 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Roster of historical societies", Indiana History Bulletin, vol. 2, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, p. 101+, March 1925 – via HathiTrust
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (1944), "Indiana", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved June 27, 2025
- ^ a b c "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved June 27, 2025
- ^ Benjamin Joseph Badgley (2017). The making of a historical consciousness in Henry County, Indiana: a case study of the Henry County Historical Society, 1887-1950 (M.A. thesis). Indiana University. doi:10.7912/C2/257 – via IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks.
- ^ "A Look Back: 150 years of South Bend area history; Northern Indiana Historical Society celebrates sesquicentennial", southbendtribune.com, Indiana, October 2, 2017
Further reading
- Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin (1907), "Indiana", Bibliography of American Historical Societies (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, p. 199+ – via HathiTrust
External links
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