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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

  • 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......

  • New Meeting Room Policy and Reservation System The Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library recently adopted a new Meeting Room Policy, which will become fully effective on January 1, 2026. The Library is also in the process of switching to a new reservation system, which will be......

  • The PGPTL Genealogy Club  will meet Thursday, February 5, 2025 at 1:00pm in McMillan meeting room for our monthly program. Using City Directories in Your Research City directories help us trace residents, local businesses, and social, religious, and charitable institutions to a particular place at......

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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