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 Craig (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 Craig. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 east 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.
Craig is located in Decatur 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 Decatur County: Bartholomew, Franklin, Jennings, Ripley, Rush & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Craig. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Craig:
- Decatur County (The home county of Craig)
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Greensburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Knarr Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knarr Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knarr Corner
- Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Letts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Letts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Springhill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Springhill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Germantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Omer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Saint Paul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Rugby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Newbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Grammer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Petersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Jewell Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Clifford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Corn Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Taylorsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bethel Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Dearborn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Moores Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Alsace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Alsace is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Saint Leon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Orange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Nulltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nulltown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown
- Everton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Everton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Connersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Enochsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Oldenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Andersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Laurel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Metamora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Youngs Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner
- Yellow Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank
- Brookville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Tree Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads
- South Gate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Gate is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate
- Jackson County
- Fleming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Jefferson County
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Zenas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Butlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Scipio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Queensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grayford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- San Jacinto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Hayden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Edinburgh
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Needham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nineveh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Parke County
- Stumptown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Napoleon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otter Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Morris
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Morris is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Osgood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Holton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Delaware
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Pierceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pierceville is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Penntown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Penntown is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown
- Sunman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stumpke Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stumpke Corner is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpke Corner
- Versailles
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Williamstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Moscow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Milroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gowdy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Homer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Manilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Rushville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Henderson is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Glenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gings is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
- Falmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Waldron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Geneva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Norristown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Blue Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Prescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Wilson Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rays Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
- Riley Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hildebrand Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Knighthood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
- Mount Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Craig, see our County-by-County Page for Craig.
Cemeteries Near Craig ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Craig.
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 Craig - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Craig covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Forsythe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mowery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Springer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- McLaughlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swails Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Copeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Craig in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Craig.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Greensburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ewington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ewington is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Harris City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Horace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horace is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- McCoy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCoy is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Downeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downeyville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downeyville
- Gaynorsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gaynorsville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynorsville
- Sandusky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Burney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Forest Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Letts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Smiths Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smiths Crossing is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Crossing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Craig. See our List of 1890's Communities around Craig.
Newspapers Published in Craig ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Craig.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Craig, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Craig.
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 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 Craig:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Decatur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Dearborn County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Parke County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Craig, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Craig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |