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 Roberts (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 Roberts. 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 Roberts ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Roberts: Cp. Roberts
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 and doctors 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.
Camp Roberts is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Camp Roberts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Roberts:
- Brown County (The home county of Camp Roberts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Gnaw Bone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Nashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Peak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Beanblossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Becks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Helmsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Spearsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Corn Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Clifford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jonesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Petersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Alert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Hendricksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- New Elizabethtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Brownstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vallonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Medora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Fleming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Kriete Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Scipio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Queensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Peoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nineveh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Edinburgh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bargersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Banta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bluff Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Zelma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Erie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Judah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Oolitic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Unionville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Harrodsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Ellettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kirksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stinesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Stanford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Morgantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Brookmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Wilbur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Lake Hart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Lewisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Owen County
- Gosport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Boggstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Roberts, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Roberts.
Cemeteries Near Camp Roberts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Roberts.
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 Roberts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camp Roberts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- David Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pittman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <3>
- Spiker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Noblet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dobbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Georgetown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haislup Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Camp Roberts in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Roberts.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Roberts, with the one closest to Camp Roberts listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Nashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Peak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Christiansburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Beanblossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Becks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Elkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Spearsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Maumee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Waymansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Spraytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Roberts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Roberts.
Newspapers Published in Camp Roberts ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Roberts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Roberts, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Roberts.
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 Camp Roberts:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Roberts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Roberts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |