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 Christiansburg (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 Christiansburg. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Christiansburg 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 Christiansburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Christiansburg:
- Brown County (The home county of Christiansburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Becks Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Helmsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Spearsville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- North Ogilville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Stony Lonesome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Bethel Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jonesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Jewell Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Taylorsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Clifford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Alert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Greene County
- Hendricksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Brownstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Seymour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vallonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Medora
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Hayden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Scipio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Four Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Queensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Peoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Edinburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Banta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Zelma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Guthrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Crawford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fort Ritner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Judah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oolitic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Tunnelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Dolan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Harrodsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Highland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Ellettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stanford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Stinesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Morgantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- Austin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Flat Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Campbellsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saltillo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Little York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Christiansburg, see our County-by-County Page for Christiansburg.
Cemeteries Near Christiansburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Christiansburg.
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 Christiansburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Christiansburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- McKinney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Noblet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lutes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes Cemetery
- The Lutes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutes - Ermy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85756 <2>
- Waggoner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spiker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- David Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Christiansburg had a population of 20 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Christiansburg, with the one closest to Christiansburg listed first.
- Becks Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Elkinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Spraytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Waymansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Maumee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Freetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Surprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Christiansburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Christiansburg.
Newspapers Published in Christiansburg ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Christiansburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Christiansburg, 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 Christiansburg.
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 Christiansburg:
- 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
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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 Christiansburg, 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- Christiansburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |