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 Arda (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 Arda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Arda is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Arda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arda:
- Pike County (The home county of Arda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Alford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Algiers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Glezen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Otwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Whiteoak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- White Sulphur Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland City Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Velpen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Capehart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Cannelburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Odon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Portersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Celestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hillham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Ferdinand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana
(29 miles [46.7 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 Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Dongola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Giro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Oakland City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hazleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Francisco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Mackey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Patoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haubstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- Newberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Willis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Decker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Ragsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Beal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Westphalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Loogootee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Gentryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mariah Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- Stacer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Wheatonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Heilman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Elberfeld
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folsomville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Tennyson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Billett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Allendale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arda, see our County-by-County Page for Arda.
Cemeteries Near Arda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arda.
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 Arda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Morrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freeland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weathers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Weist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blaize Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Arda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arda, with the one closest to Arda listed first.
- Petersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Rogers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Algiers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Pond Creek Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Bowman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Cumback
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Rumble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Glezen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Littles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Monroe City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Otwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arda.
Newspapers Published in Arda ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arda, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arda.
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 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 Arda:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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 Arda, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |