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 Cascade (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 Cascade. 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 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.
Cascade is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Morgan & Owen.
Below are the counties that are near Cascade. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cascade:
- Monroe County (The home county of Cascade)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Bloomington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dolan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Highland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stinesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Stanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Harrodsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Helmsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Story
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Gnaw Bone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spearsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Mount Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Bowling Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Poland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Hendricksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Calvertville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Koleen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Owensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Mineral City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Worthington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elliston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Scotland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Hendricks County
- Hazelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Norman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Kurtz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Peoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Anita ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Princes Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Trafalgar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Guthrie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Popcorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Oolitic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zelma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Erie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Silverville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Mount Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Crane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Paragon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Mahalasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Morgantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plano
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Wilbur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Eminence
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 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)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Gosport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Cuba
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Arney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Atkinsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Patricksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cascade, see our County-by-County Page for Cascade.
Cemeteries Near Cascade ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascade.
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 Cascade - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cascade covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Valhalla Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- The Payne Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1661357 <2>
- Sample Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitehall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coffey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dowell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Cascade in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cascade.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cascade, with the one closest to Cascade listed first.
- Bloomington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whitehall is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hendricksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Stanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Victor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Fleener
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Stinesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Kirksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- McVille
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McVille is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Needmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cascade. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cascade.
Newspapers Published in Cascade ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascade.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cascade, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cascade.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Cascade:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam 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 Cascade, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cascade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |