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 Ames (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 Ames. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ames is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Ames. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ames:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Ames)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Mace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- North Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Yountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Wesley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Cherry Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Ladoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Advance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Jamestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thorntown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelrigg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Northfield Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Stringtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Ulen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elizaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Whitestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gadsden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Manson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Reagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Mulberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Edna Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Kirklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Wallace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mellott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Newtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Veedersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Harveysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Roberts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Layton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Attica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- North Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Winchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Hadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Coatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stilesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Grange Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Guion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Judson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Annapolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bellmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Nyesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bloomingdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Billie Creek Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Roachdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Blakesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Barnard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Portland Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Fillmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greencastle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Limedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Gladens Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Romney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clarks Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Shadeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Glenhall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perrysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ames, see our County-by-County Page for Ames.
Cemeteries Near Ames ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ames.
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 Ames - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ames covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawfordsville Masonic Cemetery
- Grant Ave. Cemetery
- Oak Hill / Grant Ave. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207678 <2>
- Ben Hur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oldtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sidener Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilhite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hutton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- O'Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nutt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ames in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ames.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ames, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- North Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Mace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Yountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Linnsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Linnsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnsburg
- Wesley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Cherry Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lapland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lapland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Alamo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Ladoga
(9 miles [14.5 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 Ames. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ames.
Newspapers Published in Ames ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ames.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ames, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ames.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ames:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Hendricks County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ames, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ames) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |