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 Cornettsville (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 Cornettsville. 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 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.
Cornettsville is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Cornettsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cornettsville:
- Davies's County (The home county of Cornettsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Alfordsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Howesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Portersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Giro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Dongola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Hazleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Newberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Scotland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Lyons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Island City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Plummer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Linton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Switz City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- White Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Elliston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Hoosier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Edwardsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Westphalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Bicknell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Freelandville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Bruceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fritchton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Oaktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Busseron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Silverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Williams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Coxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Georgia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Springville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Loogootee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Mount Olive
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- French Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Highbank Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Alford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Otwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Petersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Whiteoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- White Sulphur Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glezen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Winslow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Velpen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Oatsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Gambill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dugger
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Heathsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Billett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Birds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cornettsville, see our County-by-County Page for Cornettsville.
Cemeteries Near Cornettsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cornettsville.
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 Cornettsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cornettsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plainville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Humphries Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wagler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Kilgore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Cornettsville had a population of 70 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cornettsville, with the one closest to Cornettsville listed first.
- Epsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Raglesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Raglesville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raglesville
- Odon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Edwardsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Westphalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cornettsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cornettsville.
Newspapers Published in Cornettsville ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cornettsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cornettsville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cornettsville.
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 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 Cornettsville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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 Cornettsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cornettsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |