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 Brooklyn (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 Brooklyn. 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 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.
Brooklyn is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Brown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Owen & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Brooklyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooklyn:
- Morgan County (The home county of Brooklyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Bethany
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brookmoor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Mooresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Young
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Red House ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Waverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Monrovia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Pleasant View Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Stony Lonesome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Taylorsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Eagle Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Zionsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Helmsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gnaw Bone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Hamilton County
- North Ridge Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- New Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Hazelwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Plainfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cartersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Stilesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coatesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Reno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Brownsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Banta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bargersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Smith Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Stones Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Anita ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Whiteland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Trafalgar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Camby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Homecroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Speedway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Indianapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snacks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Wolfington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Wynnedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Acton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dolan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Stinesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Quincy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Gosport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Belle Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Cloverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Groveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Putnamville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Barnard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Greencastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Limedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Brookfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Boggstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Clover Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Fairland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Beech Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Hildebrand Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooklyn, see our County-by-County Page for Brooklyn.
Cemeteries Near Brooklyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooklyn.
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 Brooklyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooklyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Monical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brooklyn Rest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mooresville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Waverly.
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Waverly IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85505 <2>
- MacKenzie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Ramsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nutter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brooklyn had a population of 389 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brooklyn had a population of 2,472 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooklyn, with the one closest to Brooklyn listed first.
- Exchange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Exchange is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mooresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Gasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gasburg is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
- Wilbur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Cope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cope is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
- Banta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Joppa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Monrovia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Landersdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Landersdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landersdale
- Friendswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chetwynd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chetwynd is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetwynd
- West Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooklyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooklyn.
Newspapers Published in Brooklyn ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooklyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooklyn, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooklyn.
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 Brooklyn:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hendricks County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Shelby 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brooklyn) 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 Brooklyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |