I'm trying to find out where I can find the government notes for the laying out of townships (establishing townships) as per the federal ordinace of 1830 for Delaware County, Indiana. This is for a Land Surveying company in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana and we've tried the Delaware County Building which holds the Auditors Office, Recorders Office, and the County Surveyors Office, but to no avail. Please help if you can, if not, I understand. Thanks!
Maybe the Indiana state historical society? In Iowa, our state historical society has plat maps, initial surveys, surveyor's notes, etc. I think they're broken down by the county level and in microfilm. See these contact points:
According to the American Library Directory
Indiana Historical Society Library
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
450 W Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
1-800-447-1830
Or Indiana State Archives
6440 E 30th St
Indianapolis, IN 46219
317-591-5222
Brett Cloyd
University of Iowa Libraries
From another librarian:
Google gets 60+ hits for the search [townships 1830 "delaware county indiana"]. Some of those might at least mention books or contemporary news accounts. Another possible place is the Indiana state web site. The search on that site gets 212 hits on [townships history delaware], some of which may lead you to related local history web sites.