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 Chandler (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 Chandler. 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.
Chandler is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Chandler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chandler:
- Pike County (The home county of Chandler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Glezen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oatsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Oakland City Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Algiers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Whiteoak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Highbank Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Spurgeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Otwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Alfordsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Plainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Zoar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Ireland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Huntingburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Dubois
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Anthony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ferdinand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Dongola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Giro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Francisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Somerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Hazleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mackey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Patoka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckskin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Willis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Decker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Monroe City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Wheatland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Beal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bicknell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Martin County
- Loogootee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Cynthiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Poseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Lincoln City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Mariah Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Stacer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Daylight
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Inglefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- McCutchanville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Armstrong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Martin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Melody Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Smythe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Lynnville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Folsomville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Heilman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Baugh City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Boonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chandler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- De Gonia Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Eames
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Allendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Patton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Adams Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Mount Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Keensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Bellmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chandler, see our County-by-County Page for Chandler.
Cemeteries Near Chandler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chandler.
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 Chandler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chandler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- McGillem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Loveless Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- DeJarnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barnes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blaize Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Chandler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chandler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Rumble
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Glezen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oatsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Littles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Ayrshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayrshire is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
- Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Francisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Gudgel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
- Arthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Somerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chandler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chandler.
Newspapers Published in Chandler ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chandler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chandler, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chandler.
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 Chandler:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Chandler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Chandler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |