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 Birmingham (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 Birmingham. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Birmingham is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Birmingham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birmingham:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Birmingham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Battle Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Delp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buck Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lafayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Americus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Elston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Glenhall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Otterbein
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Templeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fowler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wadena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Boswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Thorntown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Pike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Pyrmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Ockley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Owasco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Radnor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Yeoman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bringhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Cutler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Flora
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Clymers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Young America
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Deacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Edna Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mulberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Fickle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Sedalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Manson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Colfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Frankfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Michigantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Roberts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Shanghai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Russiaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- Remington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Linden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bowers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Cherry Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Wingate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Wesley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Waynetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shannondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Smartsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Newton County
- Goodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Brookston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Springboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Reynolds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Norway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Idaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Wolcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sitka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Monon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birmingham, see our County-by-County Page for Birmingham.
Cemeteries Near Birmingham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birmingham.
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 Birmingham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birmingham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Swisher - Hurtz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spring Vale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand View Cemetery
- Battle Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCormick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tippecanoe Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cairo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harvey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Birmingham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birmingham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birmingham, with the one closest to Birmingham listed first.
- Battle Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lafayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Ash Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ash Grove is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Elston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Monitor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Heath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heath is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Americus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pettit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Colburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colburn is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colburn
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Octagon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Octagon is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Shadeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Taylor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birmingham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birmingham.
Newspapers Published in Birmingham ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birmingham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birmingham, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birmingham.
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 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 Birmingham:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Warren County
- White 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- Birmingham) 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 Birmingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |