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1880 United States Federal Census

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Sample Forms
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You can fill out the form with information on your ancestor, or just use it to better read the column headings.

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Please choose a county in Indiana:

Adams Hendricks Pike
Allen Henry Porter
Bartholomew Howard Posey
Benton Huntington Pulaski
Blackford Jackson Putnam
Boone Jasper Randolph
Brown Jay Ripley
Carroll Jefferson Rush
Cass Jennings Saint Joseph
Clark Johnson Scott
Clay Knox Shelby
Clinton Kosciusko Spencer
Crawford La Porte Starke
Daviess Lagrange Steuben
De Kalb Lake Sullivan
Dearborn Lawrence Switzerland
Decatur Madison Tippecanoe
Delaware Marion Tipton
Dubois Marshall Union
Elkhart Martin Vanderburgh
Fayette Miami Vermillion
Floyd Monroe Vigo
Fountain Montgomery Wabash
Franklin Morgan Warren
Fulton Newton Warrick
Gibson Noble Washington
Grant Ohio Wayne
Greene Orange Wells
Hamilton Owen White
Hancock Parke Whitley
Harrison Perry

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.