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 Cedar Hills (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 Cedar Hills. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cedar Hills is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Marion, Morgan & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Hills:
- Johnson County (The home county of Cedar Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Stones Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Smith Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Bluff Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bargersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Whiteland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Banta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Whiteland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Anita ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Trafalgar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Pleasant View Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Corn Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Stony Lonesome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Garden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jewell Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Rugby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Eagle Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Zionsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Spearsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gnaw Bone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Decatur County
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- North Ridge Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Carmel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newark Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newark Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village
- Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Fishers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Luxhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luxhaven is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxhaven
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- New Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Spring Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Philadelphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Denny Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denny Corner is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner
- Maxwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Fortville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Cartersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stilesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Homecroft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Southport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Camby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Acton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Indianapolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Speedway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Warren Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
- Spring Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wolfington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Clermont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Young
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Bethany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brookmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Mooresville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Hart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Morgantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monrovia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Mahalasville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Gosport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Putnam County
- Belle Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Rush County
- Manilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Boggstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- London
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Fairland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Mount Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Beech Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Hildebrand Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Shelbyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Riley Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Fountaintown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Hills.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Hills.
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 Cedar Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Gardens At Olive Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mallow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bargersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Messersmith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- McColgin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Cedar Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Hills, with the one closest to Cedar Hills listed first.
- Kinder
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kinder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Stones Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Bluff Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bargersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Banta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Whiteland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Landersdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Landersdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landersdale
- Glenns Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenns Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Valley
- Southport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Exchange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Exchange is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Bud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bud is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Hills.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Hills ...
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 403 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Hills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Hills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cedar Hills:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hendricks County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Rush 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> | 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> | 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- Cedar Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cedar Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |