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 Ayrshire (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 Ayrshire. 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 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.
Ayrshire 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 Ayrshire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ayrshire:
- Pike County (The home county of Ayrshire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Winslow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glezen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oakland City Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Velpen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- White Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Algiers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Spurgeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Stendal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Oatsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cannelburg
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Zoar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Ireland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Saint Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ferdinand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Dongola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Douglas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Giro
(15 miles [24.1 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)
- 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
- Fort Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Willis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Beal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Ragsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Vincennes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bicknell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Loogootee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Perry County
- Siberia
(29 miles [46.7 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 Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Cynthiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(30 miles [48.3 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 Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Gentryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mariah Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Santa Claus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Clay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Chrisney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Daylight
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Stacer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Inglefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Armstrong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Melody Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Smythe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Lynnville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Heilman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Wheatonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eames
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Baugh City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Allendale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Patton
(28 miles [45.1 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 Ayrshire, see our County-by-County Page for Ayrshire.
Cemeteries Near Ayrshire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ayrshire.
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 Ayrshire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ayrshire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hedges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruster Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Wyatt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ayrshire had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ayrshire, with the one closest to Ayrshire listed first.
- Winslow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arthur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Augusta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Littles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Survant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
- Glezen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oakland City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Rumble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Gudgel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spurgeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Stendal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Algiers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ayrshire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ayrshire.
Newspapers Published in Ayrshire ...
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 Ayrshire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ayrshire, 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 Ayrshire.
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 Ayrshire:
- 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 Ayrshire, 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 from Point A (ie- Ayrshire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |