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 Boonville (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 Boonville. 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 Boonville ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Boonville was referred to as Boonville Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Boonville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boonville.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Boonville is located in Warrick County and is the County Seat.
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 Warrick County: Dubois, Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Daviess (KY) & Henderson (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Boonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boonville:
- Warrick County (The home county of Boonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- De Gonia Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Chandler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Dayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Graham Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Baugh City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Eames
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Folsomville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Lynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Huntingburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ferdinand
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ireland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Anthony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Buckskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Mackey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Warrenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haubstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Francisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Dongola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Douglas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Mounts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bristow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Spurgeon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Stendal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Oakland City Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Velpen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Glezen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oatsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- White Sulphur Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteoak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Otwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Alford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Saint Wendel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Cynthiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Caborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Hepburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Poseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wadesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oliver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Richland City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Hatfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Chrisney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gentryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reo is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Kercheval
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Rock Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Lincoln City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockport Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Daylight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Smythe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- McCutchanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Darmstadt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Evansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Inglefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stacer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Kasson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Armstrong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Cypress
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Birk City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Maceo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Curdsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Owensboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yelvington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Ensor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moseleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moseleyville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseleyville
- Philpot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Masonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Browns Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Lewisport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hawesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Carlinburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Reed
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Baskett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Bluff City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hebbardsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Henderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Niagara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Robards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McLean County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Elba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in McLean County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boonville, see our County-by-County Page for Boonville.
Cemeteries Near Boonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boonville.
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 Boonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Perigo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Thornburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clutter Stone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Small Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broshears Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hedge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Boonville had a population of 1,881 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Boonville had a population of 6,409 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
- De Gonia Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Chandler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Eby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eby is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eby
- Yankeetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yankeetown is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Eames
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Folsomville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Scuffletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scuffletown is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scuffletown
- Stanley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Lynnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boonville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Boonville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boonville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Boonville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Boonville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Boonville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Boonville.
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 Boonville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warrick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Daviess County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- McLean 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 Boonville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |