Plats, Atlases, and County Maps
Whitley County custodians and documented historical holdings for plats, atlases, and county maps.
Plats, Atlases, and County Maps in Whitley County are divided between current custodians and historical collections. The correct starting point is Recorder, Planning and Building, Surveyor, and Indiana State Library; the date and document type determine whether the item is at a county counter, in the Files Department, on State Library microfilm, or in a derivative index.
Current route
Use recorded plats for subdivisions and legal boundaries; use the Surveyor for section-corner context and Planning for approved subdivision material.
Documented historical coverage
The State Library catalog lists an 1862 landowner index, a 1902 owner map, 1910 postal route map, 1916 atlas, 1927 historical map, 1931 Smith Township map, and 1939 atlas.
Information to provide
For plats, atlases, and county maps, prepare subdivision, lot, township, range, section, recording reference, map date, and the geographic claim being tested. Preserve every volume, page, case, instrument, certificate, film, or image identifier supplied by an index. Ask whether the result is an index, transcript, record image, ordinary copy, or certified copy.
How to evaluate plats, atlases, and county maps
Read the plats, atlases, and county maps headings and continuation pages, identify who supplied the information, and compare the item with an independent source when the conclusion matters. A negative search covers only the named collection and date range; it does not prove the event never occurred. Privacy and court-access restrictions still apply to searchable records.
Continue from this record type
Use the recorder guide, Files Department inventory, and research-log guide to continue a plats, atlases, and county maps search.