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 Brownsburg (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 Brownsburg. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brownsburg is located in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County: Boone, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Brownsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownsburg:
- Hendricks County (The home county of Brownsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Pittsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Lizton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cartersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- North Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Amo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Whitestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zionsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Northfield Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Advance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Stringtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Hazelrigg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Elizaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Kirklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reagan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Colfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Boyleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Frankfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- North Ridge Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Carmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newark Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newark Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village
- Eagletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Westfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Sheridan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Bakers Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Monterey Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village
- Noblesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- McCordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- New Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Fortville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mohawk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mohawk is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Denny Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denny Corner is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Smith Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Bluff Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Banta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- New Whiteland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Bargersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Whiteland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Clermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Traders Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Snacks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Speedway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Spring Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wynnedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wynnedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Crows Nest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crows Nest is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Rocky Ripple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Meridian Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meridian Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
- North Crows Nest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Crows Nest is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Camby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- New Ross
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shannondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Ladoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Bowers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Smartsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- North Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Mooresville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Young
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Brookmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lake Hart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Red House ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Brooklyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Bethany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Wilbur
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Eminence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Barnard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Groveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Roachdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Belle Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Blakesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Greencastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Brookfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- East Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Brownsburg.
Cemeteries Near Brownsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownsburg.
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 Brownsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Lingeman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brownsburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McDaniels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Malachy East Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hoadley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- Prebster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brownsburg had a population of 623 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brownsburg had a population of 27,597 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownsburg, with the one closest to Brownsburg listed first.
- Tilden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tilden is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Clermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Gale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gale is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Traders Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Snacks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Shepherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shepherd is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Bridgeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Lizton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ben Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Davis is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Davis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownsburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Brownsburg ...
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 422 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Brownsburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Brownsburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Brownsburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Brownsburg.
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 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 Brownsburg:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Hendricks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clinton County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 Brownsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brownsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |