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 Anthony (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 Anthony. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Anthony is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Blackford, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Anthony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anthony:
- Delaware County (The home county of Anthony)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Gaston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muncie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Desoto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Janney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Janney is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
- Liberty Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Progress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Selma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Shamrock Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Hartford City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Millgrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Renner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Ridertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Montpelier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Matthews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Fowlerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlerton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Upland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairmount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gas City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arcana
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Friendly Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Hackleman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Rigdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Farrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Aroma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Omega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Strawtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Strawtown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown
- Durbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Shirley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shirley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
- Warrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Warrington is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Wilkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Willow Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Branch is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Luray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Middletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Springport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Blountsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Mount Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Foley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Foley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Mooreland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cadiz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cadiz is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Messick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Messick is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- New Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kennard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Banquo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Dunkirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Pennville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Collett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Bluff Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Fiat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Portland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boundary City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Antiville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Kosciusko County
- Warsaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Summitville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gimco City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gimco City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City
- Chesterfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Orestes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Orestes is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Country Club Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Florida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Glyn Ellen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glyn Ellen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyn Ellen
- North Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Anderson
- Dundee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miami County
- Converse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Parker City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Farmland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Losantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stone is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Modoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saratoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rural
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Snow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Hobbs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Windfall City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Economy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hagerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Keystone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Nottingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Liberty Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Travisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Reiffsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anthony, see our County-by-County Page for Anthony.
Cemeteries Near Anthony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anthony.
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 Anthony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anthony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Nottingham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McKinley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cullen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mississinewa German Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87207 <2>
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elm Ridge Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Muncie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84289 <2>
- Leaird Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Elizabethtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hawk Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Anthony had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
- Royerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Royerton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royerton
- Shideler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shideler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shideler
- Cammack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cammack is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack
- Wheeling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wheeling is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muncie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summitville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Daleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Millgrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Hartford City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anthony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anthony.
Newspapers Published in Anthony ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anthony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anthony, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anthony.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Anthony:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blackford County
- Grant County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Randolph County
- Tipton County
- Wayne County
- Wells 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 Anthony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Anthony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |