Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Alfordsville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Alfordsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Alfordsville is located in Davies's County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Alfordsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alfordsville:
- Davies's County (The home county of Alfordsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Cannelburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Graham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Odon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Elnora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Riceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- English
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Portersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Celestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Schnellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Kyana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Dongola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Giro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Scotland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Newberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Owensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Koleen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Plummer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Wheatland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Willis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Edwardsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Westphalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Fritchton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Huron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Georgia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Williams
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Silverville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Hartleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Windom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lacy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Crane
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- French Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Paoli
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Orleans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Siberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Saint Croix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Otwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Highbank Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- White Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Velpen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Alford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Winslow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Glezen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Stendal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Oakland City Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mariah Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Meinrad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Santa Claus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warrick County
- Heilman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alfordsville, see our County-by-County Page for Alfordsville.
Cemeteries Near Alfordsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alfordsville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alfordsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alfordsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Alfordsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chattin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holtsglaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherritt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houghton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Cavender Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harbison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Alfordsville had a population of 324 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Alfordsville had a population of 102 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alfordsville, with the one closest to Alfordsville listed first.
- Portersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- South Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Martin is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Haysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Cannelburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Kellerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kellerville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Loogootee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Black Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cumback
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alfordsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alfordsville.
Newspapers Published in Alfordsville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alfordsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alfordsville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alfordsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Alfordsville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alfordsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alfordsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |