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 Bunker Hill (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 Bunker Hill. 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.
Bunker Hill is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County : Franklin , Henry , Rush , Union & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Bunker Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunker Hill:
Fayette County (The home county of Bunker Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Connersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Harrisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Nulltown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Fairview (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Fairview is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Alpine (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Orange (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bentonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Springersville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Springersville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Everton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Dearborn County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Lawrenceville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Saint Leon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
New Alsace (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
New Alsace is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Clarksburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Springhill ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Springhill is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Saint Maurice (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Saint Maurice is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice New Point (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Greensburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Saint Omer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Saint Omer is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer Adams (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Adams is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Knarr Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Knarr Corner is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knarr Corner Smyrna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Smyrna is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Germantown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Germantown is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Saint Paul (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Harris City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Harris City is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City Milford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Laurel (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Andersonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Andersonville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Metamora (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Oak Forest (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Brookville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Oldenburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Bath (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Youngs Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner Enochsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Enochsburg is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg Oak Tree Crossroads (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Mount Carmel (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Cedar Grove (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Charlottesville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Charlottesville is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville Shirley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Shirley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
Wilkinson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Warrington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Warrington is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington Willow Branch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Willow Branch is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Straughn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Lewisville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Dunreith (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ogden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Corwin (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Corwin is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Spiceland (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Millville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Knightstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
New Castle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Grant City (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Grant City is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Kennard (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Kennard is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Kosciusko County
Warsaw (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Randolph County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Losantville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Modoc (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Modoc is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Bloomingport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Ripley County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Batesville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Morris (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Morris is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Penntown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Penntown is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Sunman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lookout (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lookout is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Napoleon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Falmouth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Gings (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Raleigh (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Rushville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Mays (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Milroy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Henderson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Williamstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Arlington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Homer (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Gowdy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Carthage (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Blue Ridge (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Gwynneville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville Rays Crossing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing Morristown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Waldron (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Waldron is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron Knighthood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village Prescott (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Prescott is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Fountaintown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Riley Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Riley Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village Shelbyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Brownsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Yankee Town is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Liberty (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Billingsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Goodwins Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner West College Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Contreras (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Contreras is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Beesons (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Beesons is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Milton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
Cambridge City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Dublin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Mount Auburn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
East Germantown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Pennville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pennville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Abington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Centerville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Hagerstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Boston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Greens Fork (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Richmond (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Butler County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Contreras (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Contreras is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Peoria (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Oxford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Scipio (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Scipio is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Reily (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Reily is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Somerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Okeana (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Preble County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
College Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Corvin ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Corvin is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Morning Sun (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun New Paris (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lake Lakengren (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren New Hope (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
New Hope is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Camden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunker Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Bunker Hill .
Cemeteries Near Bunker Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunker Hill.
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 Bunker Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunker Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Tate Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Brownlee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Martin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Halstead Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Tullis Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Murray Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dale Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Dale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Connersville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84799 <2>
Wiley Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Columbia Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Smith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Parker Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Campbell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (305 more) ...
Lick Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Little Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Old Friends Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Bunker Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunker Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
Columbia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Columbia is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Nulltown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Harrisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Orange (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Alpine (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Falmouth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Mauzy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Mauzy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauzy Bentonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Farmington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Farmington is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Everton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Alquina (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Alquina is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alquina Continue List (14 more) ...
Gings (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings New Salem (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
New Salem is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Laurel (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 Bunker Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunker Hill .
Newspapers Published in Bunker Hill ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunker Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunker Hill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Bunker Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bunker Hill:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Fayette County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Dearborn County Decatur County Franklin County Hancock County Henry County Kosciusko County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Shelby County Union County Wayne County Butler County Preble County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bunker Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Bunker Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Bunker Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.