182 Allen County Churches

This page lists churches in Allen County prior to 1920. Some of these churches no longer exist, many have changed their names, and some have merged with other churches. There is a short history on each church, a list of what records the church keeps, and how you may obtain these records. Many churches records have been copied and are available at the Allen County Public Library.

You can click the name of the township on the map, or in the list to go to the Township page, or click the name of the church in the list to go directly to the church history. Some churches have web pages and the link is their denomination in the list or church name on their Township page.

Clickable Locations of the 20 Townships

Allen County, Indiana Township map Eel River Township Perry Township Cedar Creek Township Springfield Township Scipio Township Lake Township Washington Township St. Joseph Township Milan Township Maumee Township Jackson Township Jefferson Township Adams Township Wayne Township Aboite Township Lafayette Township Pleasant Township Marion Township Madison Township Monroe Township

Locations of Allen County, Indiana Municipalities and Townships

Allen County, Indiana Muncipalities

Abstracts of 182 Church Histories in Allen County, Indiana

Churches come and go over time, the first services where held in 1822 in the fort, and the first church was built in 1831. This is not an exhaustive list of churches in Allen County, Indiana. This is a brief overview of early churches with histories that start before 1920 in Allen County, Indiana. If the church has a web site its link is the denomination name in the list below, or the church name on the township page which has additional information. Some general church sites are Fort Wayne Associated Churches, FWChurches.com and USAChurch.com

Click on colored names to go to that page. Records column shows: none - some churches never kept records, some were lost or destroyed. ACPL - the Allen County Public Library has many of the church records on microfilm such as births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, etc, ACPL* indicates to click the specific church since ACPL may only have the history of the church, church indicates to contact the church for records, church* indicates early records may be at DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana with newer records at the church, and FWHS is the Fort Wayne Historical Society. Any updates to this information is greatly appreciated.

  Church Township Cemetery Started Disbanded Denomination Records
1 Lafayette   1917 1997 Christian none
2 Wayne   1848 active Jewish ACPL
3
Amish - 3 brothers 1861 split into Defenseless, Evangelical, and Leo
 Cedar Creek   1853 1861 Mennonite none
4 Cedar Creek   1862 active Apostolic Christian Church of America church
5 Lake   1871 active Methodist church
6 Eel River   1875 active Church of God church
7 Lake   1835 unknown Baptist none
8 Aboite   unknown unknown Methodist none
9 Lafayette   1865 unknown unknown unknown
10 Wayne   1893 1997 Presbyterian merged
11 Marion Yes 1838 1870 Baptist none
12
Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1961 merged to form Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Springfield Township
 Maumee   1860 1961 Lutheran merged
13
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church - now Bethel United Methodist Church
 Washington Yes 1837 active Methodist church
14
Bethlehem Church of the United Brethren - 1968 merged with the Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church
 Monroe   1845 1968 United Brethren merged
15 Wayne   1912 active Jewish ACPL*
16
Bowers Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church - 1893 renamed Taylor Chapel
 Saint Joseph Yes 1865 1893 Methodist church
17
Calvary Third Presbyterian Church - 1995 Third Presbyterian merged with Calvary Presbyterian
 Wayne   1995 active Presbyterian ACPL
18 Wayne          
19
Calvary United Methodist Church - 1875 United Brethren - 1946 Calvary Evangelical United Brethren - 1968 current name
 Wayne   1875 active Methodist church
20
Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception - organized in 1836 as St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1840 changed to St. Augustine's, 1859 Cathedral
 Wayne   1836 active Catholic ACPL
21 Cedar Creek   1864 1922 Methodist none
22 Maumee Yes 1898 active Lutheran ACPL
23 Wayne   1917 active Apostolic church
24 Wayne   1892 1936 Lutheran ACPL
25 Wayne   1897 active Church of God - Anderson, IN none
26 Wayne   1903 active Christian ACPL*
27 Wayne Old & New 1899 active Lutheran ACPL
28
Crescent Avenue United Methodist Church - 1909 Crescent Avenue Evangelical - 1968 Crescent Avenue Evangelical United Brethren
 Wayne   1909 active Methodist church
29 Monroe   1968 active Methodist church
30 Adams Yes 1858 active Lutheran ACPL
31 Wayne   1867 active Lutheran ACPL
32 Wayne   1900 active Lutheran ACPL
33 Pleasant   1881 active Church of God church
34
Faith United Methodist Church - 1867 Bethel Evangelical - 1914 First Evangelical - 1968 current
Wayne   1867 active Methodist church
35
First Baptist Church - first services held in 1822 fort
 Wayne   1837 active Baptist ACPL
36
First Christian Church - West Jefferson Street Church of Christ - 1952 current name
 Wayne   1871 active Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) church
37 FIRST CHURCH - see First Presbyterian Church Wayne   1831 active Presbyterian ACPL
38 Wayne   1898 active Christian Science none
39
First Church of God - 1977 moved to Trier Ridge Community Church of God
 Wayne   1907 1977 Church of God unknown
40 Wayne   1916 active Nazarene church
41 Eel River Yes 1844 active Baptist church
42 Wayne   1903 active Mennonite ACPL*
43
First Methodist Episcopal Church - 1939 merged with Methodist Protestant Church to form Harlan Methodist
 Springfield   1843 1939 Methodist merged
44
First Methodist Episcopal Church - 1968 merged into First Wayne Street United Methodist with Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal
 Wayne   1840 1968 Methodist merged
45 Wayne   1905 active Missionary ACPL*
46
First Presbyterian Church - First Church built in Fort Wayne 1831
 Wayne   1831 active Presbyterian ACPL
47 Wayne   1897 active Seventh-Day-Adventist church
48 Wayne   1875 1880 Universalist ACPL*
49
First Wayne Street United Methodist Church - 1968 merged from First Methodist Episcopal and Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal
 Wayne   1968 active Methodist ACPL*
50 Wayne   1918 1980's AMEZ unknown
51
Flat Rock Evangelical Lutheran Church - 1924 with St. Mark's Lutheran Church
 Monroe Yes 1854 1924 Lutheran ACPL
52 Lake   1852 1865 Baptist none
53 Aboite   1842 1880 unknown none
54
German Baptist Church 1880 see Eel River German Baptist
 Cedar Creek   1876 1880 Brethren none
55 Eel River   1875 unknown Brethren none
56
German Evangelical Church - also known as Albright Church
 Lafayette Yes 1850 unknown Evangelical none
57 Springfield   1880 bef 1927   unknown
58 Cedar Creek   1873 active Mennonite 1950's
59 Cedar Creek   1901 active Missionary church
60
Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church - in 1968 merged with Monroeville United Methodist Church
 Monroe   1894 1968 United Brethren merged
61 Wayne   1891 active Lutheran ACPL
62
Grace Reformed- 1934 renamed Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church - 1957 renamed Grace United Church of Christ - 1983 merged with St. John's United Church of Christ
 Wayne   1883 1983 United Church of Christ merged
63 Wayne   1983 active United Church of Christ church
64 Springfield   1902 active Church of Christ church
65
Harlan United Brethren Church - 1968 merged with Harlan Methodist to form Harlan United Methodist Church
 Springfield Yes   1968 United Brethren church*
66
Harlan United Methodist Church - 1968 merger of Harlan Methodist Church and the United Brethren Church
 Springfield   1968 active Methodist church*
67 Madison   1890 1995 Methodist fire
68
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - from 1961 merger of Bethel Chapel, St. Mark's Lutheran and Salem Lutheran
 Springfield   1961 active Lutheran ACPL
69 Aboite   1834 unknown Methodist none
70
Hope United Methodist Church - 1995 merger of Poe United Methodist and Hoagland United Methodist of Madison Township
 Marion   1995 active Methodist church
71 Perry   1836 active Methodist ACPL
72 Wayne   1889 1994 Baptist FWHS
73 Lake Yes 1850 active Methodist church
74 Cedar Creek   1861 1986 Mennonite lost
75 Cedar Creek   1831 active Methodist ACPL*
76
Lincolnshire Church of the Brethren - First Church of the Brethren changed name 1958
 Wayne   1901 active Church of Brethren church
77 Jefferson   1871 active Methodist church*
78 Madison Yes        
79 Adams Yes 1853 active Lutheran ACPL
80 Madison   unknown unknown Methodist none
81 Pleasant Yes 1835 1880 Methodist unknown
82 Springfield   1880 bef 1927 Methodist unknown
83
Methodist Protestant Church - 1939 merged with First Methodist Episcopal Church to form Harlan Methodist
 Springfield   1851 1939 Methodist merged
84 Springfield   1880 bef 1927 Methodist unknown
85
Middletown Methodist Episcopal Church - 1876 merged with Hoagland Methodist Church, Madison Township
 Marion   1835 1876 Methodist merged
86 Milan   1905 1954 Methodist DePauw
87
Milan Evangelical Lutheran Church (Barnett Chapel) - 1921 merged with St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Harlan Springfield Township
Milan Yes 1864 1921 Lutheran merged
88 Monroe Yes 1847 active Methodist church
89 Lafayette   1852 1948? Methodist lost
90 Perry   1850s 1922 Methodist none
91
Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - 1994 merged with Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 1995 named Risen Savior Lutheran Church
 Pleasant   1864 1994 Lutheran merged
92 Wayne   1897 active Catholic ACPL
93
New Haven Methodist Episcopal Church 1939 Grace after merger of Episcopal and Protestant Methodist Churches
 Adams   1861 1942 Methodist ACPL*
94
New Haven Methodist Protestant Church1939 Calvary Methodist after merger
 Adams   1838 1942 Methodist ACPL*
95
New Haven United Methodist Church 1942 after merger of Calvary and Grace
 Adams   1942 active Methodist ACPL*
96 Wayne   1913 active Church of God church
97
Nine Mile United Methodist Church - 1986 name changed after merger of United Brethren Church of Christ with Methodist
 Pleasant   1986 active Methodist church
98
North County Line Church of God - 1896 Brush College Church of God
 Cedar Creek   1896 active Church of God none
99
North Scipio United Methodist Church formerly Scipio Methodist Episcopal
 Scipio   1840 active Methodist church
100 Wayne   1919 active Baptist church
101 Madison Yes <1880 unknown Baptist none
102
Plymouth Congregation United Church of Christ - 1870 name was Plymouth Congregational Church
 Wayne   1870 active United Church of Christ ACPL
103
Poe (Williamsport) Methodist Episcopal Church -1995 merged to form Hope United Methodist Church
 Marion   1842 1995 Methodist merged
104 Wayne Yes 1850's 1913+ United Brethren none
105 Aboite   1890's 1920's Methodist none
106 Wayne   1892 active Lutheran ACPL
107
Risen Savior Lutheran Church - 1994 merged with Lord of Life Lutheran Church and 1995 name was changed
Pleasant   1994 active Lutheran church
108 Perry Yes 1850 active Methodist church
109 Pleasant Yes 1858 active Catholic ACPL
110 Adams   1909 active Catholic ACPL
111 Wayne   1910 1955 Polish Catholic ACPL
112 Adams Yes 1861 active Catholic ACPL
113
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1871 merged with St Paul's became Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Soest
 Adams Yes 1857 1871 Lutheran merged
114 Wayne Yes 1853 active Lutheran ACPL
115 Madison Yes 1849 active Lutheran ACPL
116 Lake   1877 active Lutheran ACPL
117
St. John's Lutheran Church disbanded 1880 records with Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Wayne Township
 Marion Yes 1858 1880 Lutheran church
118 Cedar Creek   1906 1917 Reformed none
119
St. John's Reformed - 1934 St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church 1957 - St. John's United Church of Christ - 1983 merged with Grace United Church of Christ
 Wayne   1844 1983 United Church in Christ merged
120 Wayne   1913 active Italian Catholic ACPL
121 Marion Yes 1841 active Catholic ACPL
122
St. Joseph United Methodist Church - 1863 St. Joseph Episcopal Methodist Church
Saint Joseph   1863 active Methodist church
123
St. Leo Catholic Church originally St. Bonifacius - see St. Vincent Catholic
 Cedar Creek   1850 1880 Catholic ACPL*
124 Jefferson Yes 1851 active Catholic ACPL
125 Monroe   1864 active Lutheran ACPL
126 Pleasant Yes 1855 active Lutheran ACPL*
127
St. Mark's Lutheran Church Harlan - 1961 merged with Bethel Chapel and Salem Lutheran to form Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
 Springfield   1886 1961 Lutheran ACPL
128 Wayne   1848 active German Catholic ACPL
129 Saint Joseph   1869 1880 Catholic ACPL
130 Wayne   1890 active Catholic ACPL
131 Lake Yes 1867 active Catholic ACPL*
132 Wayne   1864 2004 German Catholic ACPL
133
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church - originally First Evangelical Lutheran Church
 Wayne   1837 active Lutheran ACPL
134 Milan Yes 1880 active Lutheran ACPL
135 Adams   1887 2000 Methodist ACPL*
136 Wayne   1872 active Catholic ACPL
137 Saint Joseph Yes 1855 active Lutheran ACPL
138 Monroe Yes 1868 active Catholic ACPL
139 Washington Yes 1846 active Catholic ACPL
140
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church - merged with Bethel Chapel and St. Mark's Lutheran forming Holy Trinity Lutheran
 Springfield Yes 1852 1963 Lutheran ACPL
141 Perry Yes 1876 1940s   ACPL
142
Salem United Church of Christ - 1934 Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church - 1957 current name
 Wayne   1868 active United Church of Christ ACPL
143
Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church - 1968 merged and became East Liberty United Methodist Church
 Monroe   1845 1965 Methodist merged
144
Simpson United Methodist Church - 1866 Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church - then Simpson Methodist Episcopal
Wayne   1866 active Methodist church
145
South Scipio United Brethren in Christ Church - 1881 was named First United Brethren Church in Christ
 Scipio   1881 active United Brethren Church in Christ church
146 Wayne   1890 active Baptist church
147
South Wayne United Methodist Church - 1919 South Wayne Evangelical United Brethren - 1968 current name
 Wayne   1919 2004 Methodist church*
148 Washington Yes 1882 active Lutheran ACPL
149
Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church - 1893 renamed from Bowers Chapel
 Saint Joseph   1893 active Methodist church
150
Third Presbyterian Church - 1995 merged with Calvary Presbyterian to form Calvary Third Presbyterian
Wayne   1867 1995 Presbyterian merged
151 Adams   1907 active Church of God church
152 Wayne   1846 active Lutheran ACPL
153
Trinity Episcopal Church - 1839 Christ Church - 1844 Trinity Church
 Wayne   1839 active Episcopal ACPL
154 Adams Yes 1846 active Lutheran ACPL
155 Wayne   1893 active Lutheran ACPL
156
Trinity United Methodist Church - 1875 Ninth Ward Methodist Episcopal - 1876 Third Street Methodist Episcopal - 1884 Trinity Methodist Episcopal
 Wayne   1875 active Methodist ACPL*
157 Wayne   1849 active African Methodist Episcopal fire 1979
158 Wayne   1876 - 1939 active Unitarian Universalist church
159 Cedar Creek   1845 1876+ United Brethren lost
160
United Brethren Church - 1874 building sold to Wesleyan Methodist
 Eel River   1853 1874 United Brethren none
161
United Brethren Church of Christ (Liberty Chapel) - 1986 name changed to Nine Mile United Methodist Church after merger of United Brethren and the Methodist Church
Pleasant   1853 1986 United Brethren merged
162 Wayne   1997 active Presbyterian church
163
Union Baptist Church - started as Mount Olive Baptist - 1925 split into Greater Mount Olive Baptist - 1946 merge into Union Baptist Church
 Wayne   1905 active American Baptist ACPL*
164
Union Chapel Methodist Church - 1919 moved to Waynedale Methodist Episcopal Church now Waynedale United Methodist Church
 Pleasant   1874 1919 Methodist merged
165 Perry Yes 1858 active United Brethren church
166 Aboite   1849 <1880 Open none
167 Perry   1850 1917   none
168 Cedar Creek Yes 1880 unknown Lutheran none
169
Village Green Free Methodist Church 1873 Fort Wayne Free Methodist then 1911 Bower then 1963 Village Green
 Adams   1873 active Methodist ACPL*
170 Springfield Yes 1845? unknown Lutheran unknown
171 Wayne   1849 1968 Methodist merged
172 Wayne   1903 active Methodist church
173 Eel River   1837 active Methodist ACPL*
174 Eel River   1874 unknown Methodist none
175 Wayne   1896 2007 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ACPL
176 Wayne   1907 1997 Presbyterian merged
177
Westminster Presbyterian Church - 1844 was Second Presbyterian, 1894 name changed, - 2000 merged with North Highlands to form Grace Presbyterian Church
 Wayne   1844 2000 Presbyterian merged
178 Maumee Yes 1893 active Mennonite church
179 Maumee   1906 active Missionary church
180 Maumee   1871 active Methodist church*
181 Wayne   1883 active Lutheran ACPL
182 Maumee Yes 1888 active Lutheran church

Church Burial Records Index at the ACPL Genealogy Center

The 1889 book by Brant and Fuller Valley of the Upper Maumee discusses township churches beginning on page 456 of this Google book.

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