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 Bonds (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 Bonds. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bonds is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Bonds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonds:
- Orange County (The home county of Bonds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- French Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paoli
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Youngs Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Bromer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Chambersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Trotter Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Eckerty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Taswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- English
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marengo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Milltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Alfordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Odon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Elnora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Capehart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Hillham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Celestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Portersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Schnellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Birdseye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ireland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Owensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Scotland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Koleen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Newberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Plummer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Solsberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Tulip
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Medora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Vallonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Georgia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Huron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Williams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Hartleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Spring Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Silverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Lawrenceport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Stonington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oolitic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Lacy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Windom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burns City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Harrodsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stanford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Clear Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Otwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Highbank Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Saltillo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Claysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Campbellsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Smedley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Fredericksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonds, see our County-by-County Page for Bonds.
Cemeteries Near Bonds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonds.
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 Bonds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Brunner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grodey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little York Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Faucett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Georgia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Isom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Bonds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bonds.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonds, with the one closest to Bonds listed first.
- Georgia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Huron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Willow Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Bryantsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bryantsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsville
- West Baden Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Ironton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ironton is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Abydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Williams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- French Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dover Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonds.
Newspapers Published in Bonds ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonds, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonds.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bonds:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Washington 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 Bonds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bonds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |