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 Blue Lick (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 Blue Lick. 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 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.
Blue Lick is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Floyd, Jefferson, Scott, Washington, Jefferson (KY), Oldham (KY) & Trimble (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Blue Lick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Lick:
- Clark County (The home county of Blue Lick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Memphis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Slatecut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Bennettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Broom Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Underwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- Otisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Otisco is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Speed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speed is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- New Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Sellersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Charlestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Borden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Milltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Floyds Knobs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Galena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- New Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corydon Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- Lanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Locust Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Locust Point is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Depauw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Corydon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Crothersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Retreat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Dudleytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Kriete Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Brownstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vallonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Medora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Chelsea
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Deputy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Hanover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefork is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Paris Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Commiskey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Bromer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Trotter Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Scottsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Goshen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Marshfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Austin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blocher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Bartle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle
- South Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- New Pekin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Harristown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Little York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kossuth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Plattsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Fredericksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smedley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Livonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Campbellsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bullitt County (KY)
- Hunters Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Henry County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Pendleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Henry County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Sulphur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Harrods Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
- Green Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Spring is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Glenview Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview Hills is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Glenview Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview Manor is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Hills and Dales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Indian Hills Cherokee Section
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,971 people
- Mockingbird Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Northfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,052 people
- Riverwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverwood is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Robinswood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinswood is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Oldham County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Harmony Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Village is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
- River Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- River Bluff is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Orchard Grass Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
- Russell Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Russell Corner is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Buckner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Lake is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Pewee Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crestwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ballardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ballardsville is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Shelby County (KY)
- Lincoln Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge
- Trimble County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Trout
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trout is located in Trimble County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Lick, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Lick.
Cemeteries Near Blue Lick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Lick.
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 Blue Lick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Lick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bowery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Henryville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86070 <2>
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Worrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seedtick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whitson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Blue Lick had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Lick, with the one closest to Blue Lick listed first.
- Memphis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Slatecut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Broom Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Bennettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Bartle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle
- Underwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- New Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Speed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speed is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Otisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Otisco is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Blue River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blue River is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Borden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sellersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Charlestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Lick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Lick.
Newspapers Published in Blue Lick ...
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 291 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Lick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Lick, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Lick.
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 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 Blue Lick:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Orange County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Bullitt County
- Henry County
- Jefferson County
- Oldham County
- Shelby County
- Trimble 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 Blue Lick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Blue Lick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |