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 Clarksdale (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 Clarksdale. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarksdale:
- Brown County (The home county of Clarksdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Becks Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Story
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Helmsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Corn Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Garden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Jewell Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Clifford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Alert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Burney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Letts Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Norman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Brownstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Vallonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Scipio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Queensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Four Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Peoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edinburgh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Banta
(23 miles [37 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 Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Zelma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Guthrie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Oolitic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Harrodsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Ellettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stinesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Stanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Morgantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Paragon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Wilbur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Lake Hart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Owen County
- Gosport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Boggstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Prescott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Fairland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarksdale, see our County-by-County Page for Clarksdale.
Cemeteries Near Clarksdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarksdale.
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 Clarksdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarksdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Dobbs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pittman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <2>
- David Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spiker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haislup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Clarksdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clarksdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarksdale, with the one closest to Clarksdale listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Story
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Beanblossom
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Waymansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Corn Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Elkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarksdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarksdale.
Newspapers Published in Clarksdale ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarksdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarksdale, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clarksdale.
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 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 Clarksdale:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen 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- Clarksdale) 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 Clarksdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |