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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 Burns City (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 Burns City. 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.
Name Variations for Burns City ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Burns City, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Burns City may originally have been Burn's City.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Burns City might be written as Burn City.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Burns City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burns City.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Burns City is located in Martin 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 Martin County: Davies's, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence & Orange.
Below are the counties that are near Burns City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burns City:
- Martin County (The home county of Burns City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Crane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Clay County
- Howesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elnora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Cannelburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Alfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Graham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Portersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hillham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ireland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Celestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Koleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Owensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Plummer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulip
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Switz City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Solsberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Island City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Sandborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Freelandville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Ragsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Wheatland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oaktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Busseron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Fritchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Silverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Williams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Fayetteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Popcorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Coxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Georgia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Hartleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Oolitic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Judah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Kirksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Harrodsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- French Lick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Orleans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paoli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Highbank Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Alford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Gambill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burns City, see our County-by-County Page for Burns City.
Cemeteries Near Burns City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burns City.
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 Burns City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burns City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boggs Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evans Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Henry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledgerwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (360 more) ...
- Little Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brock 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Burns City had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burns City, with the one closest to Burns City listed first.
- Bramble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Raglesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raglesville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raglesville
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Cale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cale is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Dover Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dover Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Hill
- Epsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Loogootee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Koleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plummer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Owensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burns City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burns City.
Newspapers Published in Burns City ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burns City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burns City, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burns City.
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 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 Burns City:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Martin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Burns City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burns City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |