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 Camp Flat Rock (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 Camp Flat Rock. 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 Camp Flat Rock ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Camp Flatrock.
- A typical abbreviation for Camp Flat Rock: Cp. Flat Rock
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Camp Flat Rock is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Johnson, Marion & Rush.
Below are the counties that are near Camp Flat Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Flat Rock:
- Shelby County (The home county of Camp Flat Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Geneva
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Norristown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Waldron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Riley Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Mount Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Blue Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Beech Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Hartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Clifford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Newbern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Petersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Taylorsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Jewell Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Corn Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grammer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Spearsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Mount Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Beanblossom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Becks Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helmsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Germantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Omer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Greensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Letts Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Alert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Fayette County
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Enochsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Andersonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Oldenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Laurel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- New Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Gem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Charlottesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Henry County
- Knightstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- Fleming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Scipio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Zenas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- North Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Butlerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Edinburgh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Needham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nineveh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Princes Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Rocklane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Whiteland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Whiteland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Peoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Trafalgar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Acton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Southport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Morgantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Osgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Manilla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Williamstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Homer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Carthage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gings is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Flat Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Flat Rock.
Cemeteries Near Camp Flat Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Flat Rock.
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 Camp Flat Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camp Flat Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Floyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Winchester Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Cemetery
- The Winchester Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winchester Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #698387 <2>
- Means Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vanpelt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parrish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old St. Louis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sidener Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nauvoo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tindall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Camp Flat Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Flat Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Flat Rock, with the one closest to Camp Flat Rock listed first.
- Lewis Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lewis Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Fenns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fenns is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenns
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Smithland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithland is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Saint Louis Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Burney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Marietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Saint Omer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Nortonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Flat Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Flat Rock.
Newspapers Published in Camp Flat Rock ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Flat Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Flat Rock, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Flat Rock.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Camp Flat Rock:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush 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 Camp Flat Rock, 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' (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- Camp Flat Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |