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 Alquina (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 Alquina. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Alquina is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County : Franklin , Henry , Rush , Union & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Alquina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alquina:
Fayette County (The home county of Alquina)
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Springersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Springersville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Everton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Connersville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nulltown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Alpine (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Harrisburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Orange (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Fairview (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Dearborn County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Saint Leon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
Lawrenceville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Logan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Logan is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan New Alsace (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
New Alsace is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace West Harrison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Yorkville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Yorkville is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Bright (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bright is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Clarksburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Saint Maurice (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Saint Maurice is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice Springhill ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Springhill is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill New Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Greensburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Knarr Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Knarr Corner is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knarr Corner Smyrna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Laurel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Metamora (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Bath (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Bath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Brookville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Andersonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Andersonville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Oak Forest (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Oak Tree Crossroads (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Youngs Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner Mount Carmel (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Peoria (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Cedar Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Straughn (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lewisville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Corwin (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Corwin is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Millville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Dunreith (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Ogden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Spiceland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Castle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Knightstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Messick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Messick is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick Parke County
Stumptown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Stumptown is located in Parke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown Randolph County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Bloomingport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Arba (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Arba is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Losantville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Lynn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Modoc (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Modoc is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Ripley County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Batesville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Morris (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Morris is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Penntown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Penntown is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Sunman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Lookout (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lookout is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Stumpke Corner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Stumpke Corner is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpke Corner Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Glenwood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Falmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Gings (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Raleigh (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Rushville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Mays (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Milroy (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Williamstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Henderson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Arlington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Gowdy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Homer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Brownsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Yankee Town (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Yankee Town is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Billingsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Goodwins Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner West College Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Contreras (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Beesons (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Beesons is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Abington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Boston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Milton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
Centerville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
East Germantown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Pennville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Pennville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Cambridge City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mount Auburn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
Dublin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Richmond (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Spring Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Butler County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Contreras (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Oxford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Peoria (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Reily (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Reily is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Scipio (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Scipio is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Somerville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Saint Charles (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Okeana (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Alert (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Alert is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Hanover ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Hanover is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Darke County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Hollansburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
New Madison (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hamilton County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Shaker Village ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harrison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Simonsons ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Simonsons is located in Hamilton County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsons Preble County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
College Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Morning Sun (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Corvin ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Corvin is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Lake Lakengren (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Camden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
New Hope (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
New Hope is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope New Paris (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Eaton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Elkton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Gratis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Eldorado (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Eldorado is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
West Alexandria (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alquina, see our County-by-County Page for Alquina .
Cemeteries Near Alquina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alquina.
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 Alquina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alquina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Burke Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hanson - Crandel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mt. Garrison Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Poplar Ridge Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Simpson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Springersville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Springsville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Shrine of Memories Mausoleum (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Village Creek Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Everton . Continue List (343 more) ...
Everton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Aldridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Brumfiel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Alquina had a population of 111 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alquina, with the one closest to Alquina listed first.
Everton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Dunlapsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Dunlapsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlapsville Brownsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Nulltown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Alpine (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Blooming Grove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Blooming Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove Fairfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Clifton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Columbia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Columbia is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Billingsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Lotus (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Lotus is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Continue List (17 more) ...
Harrisburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Abington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Laurel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alquina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alquina .
Newspapers Published in Alquina ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alquina.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alquina, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Alquina.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites 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 Alquina:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Fayette County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Dearborn County Decatur County Franklin County Henry County Parke County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Union County Wayne County Butler County Darke County Hamilton County Preble County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alquina. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alquina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Alquina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.