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 Carp (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 Carp. 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.
Carp is located in Owen 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 Owen County: Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Carp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carp:
- Owen County (The home county of Carp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Gosport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atkinsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Patricksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Denmark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Helmsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Spearsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Nashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Roadman Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Center Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Knightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Eel River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Prairie City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Saline City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Clay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Art
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Billville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Hendricksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Calvertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Solsberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tulip
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Worthington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mineral City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Elliston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Koleen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Jasonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Switz City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Stilesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Coatesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Amo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Clayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- New Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Cartersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Banta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Anita ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Lawrence County
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Marion County
- Camby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Highland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Kirksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Paragon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eminence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Plano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Wilbur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Monrovia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Lake Hart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belle Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Putnamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Reelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Limedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Greencastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Bainbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Blakesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Portland Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Grange Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Lewis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Fontanet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- Riley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Seelyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Swalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Burnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carp, see our County-by-County Page for Carp.
Cemeteries Near Carp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carp.
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 Carp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kaufman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cloyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maze Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Combes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spears Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gosport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Asher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Fender Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Carp had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carp, with the one closest to Carp listed first.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Romona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Romona is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romona
- Cataract
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cataract is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
- Gosport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atkinsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Vandalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Whitaker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitaker is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Alaska
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paragon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carp.
Newspapers Published in Carp ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carp, 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 Carp.
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 Carp:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Owen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Vigo 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 Carp, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |