Hendricks County Histories Digitized

Digital versions of various books about Hendricks County history, including several county histories and directories, are available online for free.

--The People’s Guide (Cline & McHaffie, 1874)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp OR
http://books.google.com/books?id=YkbWAAAAMAAJ

--Atlas of Hendricks County, Indiana (J.H. Beers & Co., 1878)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/HistoricalMapsIndex_1878.asp

--History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885)
http://archive.org/details/historyofhendric02inte OR
http://books.google.com/books?id=qUbWAAAAMAAJ

--A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind. (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)
http://archive.org/details/portraitbiographbch00chic

--Industrial Souvenir of Hendricks County (1904)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp

--Standard Atlas of Hendricks County (Chicago: George A. Ogle & Co., 1904)
http://archive.org/details/standardatlasofh00geoa OR
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/HistoricalMapsIndex_1904.asp

--History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)
http://archive.org/details/historyofhendric00hadl

--Prairie Farmer’s Directory of Reliable Farmers and Breeders, Hendricks County (1920)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp