Early Churches of Tippecanoe County Indiana

Members of the Tippecanoe County Area area Genealogy Society are working on this list of early churches of Tippecanoe County.
We hope to add photographs of each one. If you or someone you know has a photograph of any Church below we would
love to post it. This database is an effort to help others find genealogy resources in your search to find family information
and preserve the history. Please remember this information came mainly from early history books of the past. The beginning
of many churches started in building of other denominations. The main tables were created from TIPCOA members
Susan Y Clawson and Joyce Watterson. Thanks ladies, we really appreciate your time and effort on this project.

Please send any additional information or webpage's I can link to help us all learn the past history.
E-mail: TIPCOA CHURCH INFO

Fairfield, Jackson, Lauramie, Perry, Randolph, Sheffield, Shelby, Tippecanoe, Union, Wabash, Washington, & Wea..

Wayne township

Denomination	Church name	Origin date & location	Founder	Buildings	Significant events / cemeteries	Address & possible records available
Methodist Episcopal	West Point United Methodist	1837; on Monroe St in West Point (1866 map and 1878 Atlas); OR 1826 (“West Point UMC”)	first sermon by Rev. John Emmett	1837 first building erected in township at West Point; used by other denominations, including Rev. Carnahan of the Presbyterian Church; new building 1907; only church in township in 1909 (DeHart); Rev. George W. Switzer, presiding elder	When school burned in 1937 HS classes held in ME church and a house	West Point United Methodist 4923 Monroe St. West Point, IN 47992 765-572-2256
Baptist	West Point Baptist	origin after 1837 (BR)		building erected several years after 1837 (BR); closed; in 1966 new org. sponsor by Creasy Lane Baptist Church; building 1968		West Point Baptist Church, Washington St West Point, IN 47992 765- 572-2490
Christian	West Point Christian	in West Point on Mulberry St (1866 map and 1878 Atlas)				closed?
Presbyterian	Glen Hall Presbyterian Church	North of West Point (1878)			Daniel W. Cooper minister here and at Romney (Herald)	Closed; Records might be at Presbyterian Historical Society 425 Lombard St. Philadelphia, PA 19147 215-627-1852
United Brethren	Pin Hook United Brethren Church	South of West Point, in Sec 31 (1878), CR 800 S at 700 W		begun about 1837; area of Clarksburg, town now abandoned; in Wayne and Jackson townships. (Pin Hook articles)		closed

Bibliography use for Wayne township Churches

1866 map of West Point. 1866 Wall Map; reproduced in West Point Memory Book. Mildred Poisel Hanselman. [1998].
1878 Atlas of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Knightstown, Ind.: Kingman Bros, 1878.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana. [BH]. Chicago: Lewis. 1899. 2 vols.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. [BR] Chicago: Lewis, 1888.
DeHart, Richard P. Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Indianapolis: Bowen, 1909. 2 vols.
Herald and Presbyter (church journal), 22 Dec 1920, Deaths, obit of Daniel W. Cooper (1830–20).
Pin Hook Church articles. Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County Book, AKA Jackson Township High School, by Mildred Poisel Hanselman. [1998].
“West Point UMC.” Heritage of Faith. Lafayette Journal and Courier clipping not dated. Tippecanoe County Public Library vertical file.

Another area you will find help are the cemeteries that were connected. This list is also by township.