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 Black Rock (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 Black Rock. 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.
Name Variations for Black Rock ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Blackrock.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Black Rock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Rock.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Black Rock is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Black Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Rock:
- Warren County (The home county of Black Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Green Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- West Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Pence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Otterbein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Boswell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Ambia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Gravel Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Wadena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Freeland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Boone County
- Thorntown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Pyrmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Ockley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Owasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Pittsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Prince William
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Yeoman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Edna Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Mulberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Manson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Sedalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Roberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Stone Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Veedersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Harveysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- Remington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Wingate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Waynetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wesley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Yountsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Crawfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Newton County
- Goodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parke County
- Grange Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Glenhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Shadeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- West Lafayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Tree Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Brookston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chalmers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Springboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Wolcott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Illiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Coalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Alvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Hoopeston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Black Rock.
Cemeteries Near Black Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Rock.
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 Black Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Sherry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maysville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Granville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Durkee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farmers Institute Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Black Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Rock, with the one closest to Black Rock listed first.
- Green Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Roberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Glenhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Shadeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Winthrop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Taylor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Montmorenci
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Otterbein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Pine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Raub
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Raub is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Raub
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Rock.
Newspapers Published in Black Rock ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Rock, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Rock.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Black Rock:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- White 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> | 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 Black Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Black Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |