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Indiana Room

Indiana Room Hours

Monday  9:00am – 8:00pm

Tuesday  9:00am – 8:00pm

Wednesday 9:00am – 8:00pm

Thursday  9:00am – 8:00pm

Friday  9:00pm – 6:00pm

Saturday  9:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday  1:00pm – 5:00pm

Contact Us:

(317) 839-6602 x.2114

1120 Stafford Rd, Plainfield, IN 46168

askindiana@plainfieldlibrary.net

The Indiana Room welcomes local history items, family genealogies, photographs and other relevant materials to add the archival collection.

What You'll Find

  • Local histories
  • Local family genealogy
  • Information about Indiana history, geography, and more
  • Biographies of famous Hoosiers
  • Books by Indiana, Plainfield, and Hendricks County authors
  • How-to information about researching historical topics
  • Searchable databases
  • Over 18,000 books, vertical files, maps, and microfilm

What’s New in the Indiana Room

  • Keep an eye out for Mayme Snipes, Time Traveling Librarian, as she shares the histories of some of Plainfield’s downtown buildings. The bright yellow window clings, located in the windows of buildings along Main Street, contain a QR code that will transport you to the......

  • The PGPTL Genealogy Club  will meet Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 1:00pm in McMillan meeting room for our monthly genealogy program. From Cradle to Coffin: Vital Records Research in Indiana  Birth and death information forms the core of genealogical research.  But finding that information can......

  • Thanks to a grant from the Indiana Historical Society, the Indiana Room has been able to digitized a small run of the Plainfield Messenger newspaper.  In the Twentieth Century, local newspapers were the place to go for keeping on top of things happening in the area, and......

Want to learn more about the Indiana Room?

Feel free to reach out the library staff with any questions you might have. We’re more than happy to help however possible!

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