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 Barnhart Town (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 Barnhart Town. 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 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.
Barnhart Town is located in Vigo 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 Vigo County: Clark (IL), Edgar (IL), Clay, Parke, Sullivan & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Barnhart Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnhart Town:
- Vigo County (The home county of Barnhart Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Harrison
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spelterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Taylorville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- West Terre Haute
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Terre Haute
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Terre Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Liggett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- North Terre Haute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- New Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Shepardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Cloverland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Billtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Staunton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Bee Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Turner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Cory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Perth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Billville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Art
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Benwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Prairie City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Carbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Jasonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Patricksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- West Atherton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Mecca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Bridgeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Montezuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Billie Creek Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nyesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bellmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Bloomingdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Reelsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Portland Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Putnamville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Farmersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hymera
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Graysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Universal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blanford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Fairview Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Saint Bernice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Summit Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Alta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Clarksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clark Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- West Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Cleone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cleone is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- West York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Elbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Vermilion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kentucky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Nevins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Oliver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Clays Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kidley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Bell Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vermilion County (IL)
- Ridge Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnhart Town, see our County-by-County Page for Barnhart Town.
Cemeteries Near Barnhart Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnhart Town.
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 Barnhart Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnhart Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of West Terre Haute.
- The Bethesda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Memorial Park
- Bethesda UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959900 <2>
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coltrin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Markles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Denny Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barbour Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Ft. Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cummings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Barnhart Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnhart Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnhart Town, with the one closest to Barnhart Town listed first.
- Terre Haute
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Markles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Markles is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markles
- Tecumseh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- New Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Burnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Ferrel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Swalls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Libertyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Atherton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dennison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Prairieton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnhart Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnhart Town.
Newspapers Published in Barnhart Town ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnhart Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnhart Town, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnhart Town.
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 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 Barnhart Town:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edgar County
- Vermilion 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barnhart Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Barnhart Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |