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 Clermont (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 Clermont. 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 and hospitals 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.
Clermont is located in Marion 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 Marion County : Boone , Hamilton , Hancock , Hendricks , Johnson , Morgan & Shelby .
Below are the counties that are near Clermont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clermont:
Marion County (The home county of Clermont)
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Snacks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Speedway (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wolfington (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wolfington is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington Traders Point (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Spring Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Spring Hill is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
Wynnedale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Wynnedale is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Crows Nest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
Rocky Ripple (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
Indianapolis (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Meridian Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Meridian Hills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
North Crows Nest (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Williams Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Williams Creek is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
Camby (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Eagle Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Whitestown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Gadsden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Lebanon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Jamestown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village Ulen (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Ulen is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
Advance (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Advance is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
Stringtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Stringtown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Elizaville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Elizaville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Hazelrigg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Hazelrigg is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg Pike (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pike is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Kirklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Reagan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Reagan is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
North Ridge Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village Carmel (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Newark Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Newark Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village Eagletown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Eagletown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown Westfield (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Bridgewater (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Fishers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Sheridan (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Monterey Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Bakers Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner Noblesville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Olio (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
McCordsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Gem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem New Palestine (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Woodbury (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Spring Lake (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
Mohawk (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Philadelphia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Denny Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Fortville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Colonial Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Eden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Greenfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Maxwell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Hendricks County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Brownsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Avon (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
Pittsboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Cartersburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Danville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Lizton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Clayton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Hadley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Hadley is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Amo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood New Winchester (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
New Winchester is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester North Salem (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Smith Valley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Smith Valley is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley Greenwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bluff Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Stones Crossing (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing Banta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Banta is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Bargersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
New Whiteland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
New Whiteland is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
Rocklane (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane Whiteland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Providence (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Providence is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Anita ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Anita is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita Franklin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Needham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Ingalls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Fishersburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Lapel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
New Ross (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Shannondale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Shannondale is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale Ladoga (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Mace (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Mace is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Mooresville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Young (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Young is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Brookmoor (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Brookmoor is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor Red House ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Red House is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Lake Hart (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lake Hart is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart Waverly (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Waverly is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Monrovia (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Bethany (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bethany is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
Brooklyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hall (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hall is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Wilbur (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Wilbur is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Eminence (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Eminence is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence Plano (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Plano is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Barnard (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Barnard is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Groveland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Groveland is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Fillmore (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fillmore is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
Roachdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Belle Union (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Belle Union is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union Bainbridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Bainbridge is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
Greencastle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Brookfield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield London (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Boggstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village Fountaintown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Fairland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Tipton County
The following are listed by their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
East Union (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
East Union is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Jericho ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Jericho is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clermont, see our County-by-County Page for Clermont .
Cemeteries Near Clermont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clermont.
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 Clermont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clermont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Clermont Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Turpin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Shiloh Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Salem Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Ridge Park Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge Park Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the West Ridge Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Indianapolis . The West Ridge Park Cemetery has also been known as:
Floral Park West Cemetery Wood Haven Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #448679 <2>
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Shiloh Methodist Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Old Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jones Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Ballard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Walker Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Evans Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (496 more) ...
Crown Point Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Brownsburg Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenlawn Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clermont had a population of 226 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Clermont had a population of 1,466 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clermont, with the one closest to Clermont listed first.
Snacks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Brownsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Avon (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
Bridgeport (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bridgeport is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Ben Davis (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ben Davis is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Davis Flackville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Flackville is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville Traders Point (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Tilden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Tilden is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden North Indianapolis (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
North Indianapolis is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Indianapolis Royalton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Gale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Gale is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Valley Mills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Valley Mills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills Maywood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Maywood is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Mapleton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Mapleton is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clermont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clermont .
Newspapers Published in Clermont ...
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 417 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clermont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clermont, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Clermont.
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 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 Clermont:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Marion County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Clinton County Hamilton County Hancock County Hendricks County Johnson County Madison County Montgomery County Morgan County Putnam County Shelby County Tipton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clermont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Clermont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clermont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.