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 Arthur (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 Arthur. 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.
Arthur 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 Arthur. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arthur:
- Pike County (The home county of Arthur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Winslow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland City Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Glezen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Velpen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Whiteoak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Stendal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- White Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Alford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Otwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cannelburg
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Capehart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Zoar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ireland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huntingburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ferdinand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dubois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Celestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kyana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Dongola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Francisco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Buckskin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Giro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hazleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Patoka
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Decker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Wheatland
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Beal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Loogootee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Perry County
- Siberia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Cynthiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Lincoln City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Mariah Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Clay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Santa Claus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Meinrad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Daylight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Stacer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Inglefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- McCutchanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Armstrong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Martin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Smythe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Lynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Folsomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Heilman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Wheatonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eames
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Chandler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Baugh City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Lawrence County (IL)
- Saint Francisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Allendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arthur, see our County-by-County Page for Arthur.
Cemeteries Near Arthur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arthur.
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 Arthur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arthur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hedges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bruster Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Simpson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Arthur had a population of 126 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Ayrshire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ayrshire is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
- Augusta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Augusta is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Winslow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Spurgeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Survant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gudgel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
- Glezen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Stendal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pikeville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Velpen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Somerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rumble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Mackey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arthur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arthur.
Newspapers Published in Arthur ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arthur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arthur, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arthur.
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 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 Arthur:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Perry County
- Posey 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 Arthur, 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- Arthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |