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 Bretzville (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 Bretzville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Bretzville is located in Dubois 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 Dubois County: Crawford, Davies's, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Spencer & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Bretzville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bretzville:
- Dubois County (The home county of Bretzville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Saint Anthony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kyana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Huntingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferdinand
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schnellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Celestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dubois
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Haysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Riceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Taswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Grantsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- English
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sulphur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Alton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Carefree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Alfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Cannelburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Dongola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mackey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Windom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Loogootee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- French Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Youngs Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Abydel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Paoli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Siberia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Bristow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Croix
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Apalona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Ranger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Branchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Leopold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Tell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gerald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Derby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Velpen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- White Sulphur Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stendal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Otwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Whiteoak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Winslow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Algiers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Spurgeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Alford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Oakland City Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glezen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Mariah Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Meinrad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fulda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Clay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Lamar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gentryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Pigeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Evanston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Heilman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Eames
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- De Gonia Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Graham Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Lynnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- Chenaultt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Daviess County (KY)
- Maceo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Lewisport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hawesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Roberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Concordia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bretzville, see our County-by-County Page for Bretzville.
Cemeteries Near Bretzville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bretzville.
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 Bretzville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bretzville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Bretzville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Main Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hagen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dungan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Central Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kline Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Siberia.
- The Kline Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cline Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1998325 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979985 <2>
- Evans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKee Ditch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Mayo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bretzville had a population of 32 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bretzville, with the one closest to Bretzville listed first.
- Saint Anthony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kyana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Huntingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferdinand
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Henry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Henry is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Henry
- Schnellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Jasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Celestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siberia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Mentor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mentor is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Duff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Duff is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mariah Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Meinrad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bretzville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bretzville.
Newspapers Published in Bretzville ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bretzville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bretzville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bretzville.
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 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 Bretzville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Dubois County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Hancock County
- Meade 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' (or 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- Bretzville) 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 Bretzville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |