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 Coats Spring (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 Coats Spring. 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 Coats Spring ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Coats Spring: Coats Spg. (or less commonly used: Coats Spng. or Coats Sprng.)
- While the name of this community is Coats Spring, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coats Spring may originally have been Coat's Spring.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coats Spring might be written as Coat Spring.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Coats Spring 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 Coats Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coats Spring:
- Pike County (The home county of Coats Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Oatsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Glezen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Alford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Oakland City Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Algiers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Whiteoak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Highbank Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Spurgeon
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Velpen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring 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
(19 miles [30.6 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 northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(26 miles [41.8 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 northeast)
- 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 Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Zoar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Ireland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Huntingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Dongola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Giro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Oakland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Hazleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Somerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Patoka
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haubstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Willis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Decker
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- 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
- Beal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bicknell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Busseron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Martin County
- Loogootee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Cynthiana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poseyville
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Stewartsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Barrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Lincoln City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 south)
- 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
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Melody Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Lynnville
(16 miles [25.7 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Folsomville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Heilman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Baugh City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chandler
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Eames
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 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 Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Allendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Keensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Bellmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coats Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Coats Spring.
Cemeteries Near Coats Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coats Spring.
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 Coats Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coats Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Beck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGillem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blaize Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Loveless Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- DeJarnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Catt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frederick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fowler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Coats Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coats Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coats Spring, with the one closest to Coats Spring listed first.
- Oatsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Rumble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Bowman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Glezen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Littles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Francisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Oakland City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Iona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Iona is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Gudgel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
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- Ayrshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayrshire is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
- Decker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Patoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coats Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coats Spring.
Newspapers Published in Coats Spring ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coats Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coats Spring, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coats Spring.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Coats Spring:
- 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> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Coats Spring, 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- Coats Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |