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 Coal Creek (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 Coal Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Coal Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Coal Creek: Coal Crk. (or less commonly used: Coal Ck. or Coal Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Coal Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coal Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Coal Creek is located in Fountain 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 Fountain County: Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Coal Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coal Creek:
- Fountain County (The home county of Coal Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Harveysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Layton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mellott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Newtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Attica
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Roberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Alamo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Waynetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wingate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Waveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- New Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Cherry Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Crawfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Grange Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- West Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Annapolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bloomingdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Byron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Armiesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Guion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Judson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nyesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Rockville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Billie Creek Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Portland Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Blakesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Odell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Westpoint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Glenhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Romney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Perrysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Eugene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Gessie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Summit Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Saint Bernice
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Fairview Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Libertyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Shepardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Foster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Pence
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Raven
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Scottland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Kidley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Chrisman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Clays Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Metcalf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Palermo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Hume
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Meeks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Illiana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Belgium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Olivet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Busenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Vermilion Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Catlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coal Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Coal Creek.
Cemeteries Near Coal Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coal Creek.
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 Coal Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coal Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Cates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hibbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chenoweth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dotson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Norton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- The Norton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crowder Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86169 <2>
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Ater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Groenendyke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Coal Creek had a population of 217 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coal Creek, with the one closest to Coal Creek listed first.
- Cates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cates is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Perrysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silverwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silverwood is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Harveysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Eugene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Yeddo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yeddo is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeddo
- Layton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Steam Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Steam Corner is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corner
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gessie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Howard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Tangier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tangier is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangier
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 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 Coal Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coal Creek.
Newspapers Published in Coal Creek ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coal Creek, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coal Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Coal Creek:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Warren County
- Champaign County
- Edgar County
- Vermilion 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 Coal Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coal Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |