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 hospitals and doctors 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 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 Bunker Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunker Hill:
- Morgan 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.
- Lake Hart
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Monrovia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Brooklyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mooresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Wilbur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Young
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Red House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Bartholomew County
- Pleasant View Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Zionsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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
- Whitestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Spearsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Helmsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gnaw Bone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- Poland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Hazelwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Cartersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stilesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Reno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- New Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Banta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bluff Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Smith Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Bargersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stones Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Anita ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Samaria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- New Whiteland
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Camby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Homecroft
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clermont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Speedway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Indianapolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snacks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Wolfington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Spring Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wynnedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wynnedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Stinesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Dolan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ellettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Highland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Montgomery County
- Ladoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Quincy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Gosport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Atkinsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Belle Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Fillmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greencastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Putnamville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Bainbridge
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Limedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Roachdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Blakesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Brookfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Boggstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Fairland
(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.
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Monical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn Rest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Branch Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Mooresville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White Lick Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
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.
- Gasburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gasburg is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
- Monrovia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Brooklyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mooresville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Joppa is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Hazelwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Herbamount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Herbamount is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbamount
- Exchange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Exchange is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Friendswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
- Crown Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crown Center is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Plano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Wakeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wakeland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeland
- Martinsville
(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 59 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 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunker Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Hamilton County
- Hendricks County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bunker Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |