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 Crane (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 Crane. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Crane is located in Martin 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 Martin County: Davies's, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence & Orange.
Below are the counties that are near Crane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crane:
- Martin County (The home county of Crane)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Burns City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lacy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Howesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Clay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Glendale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Portersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hillham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Scotland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Mineral City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Koleen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Newberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Owensburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Lyons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tulip
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Switz City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calvertville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Island City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Sandborn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bicknell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Wheatland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Busseron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Silverville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Popcorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Williams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fayetteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Huron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Coxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Hartleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Judah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Oolitic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Guthrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Georgia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Kirksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Harrodsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Clear Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Prospect
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Abydel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- French Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Coal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Pike County
- Highbank Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Dugger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Hymera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crane, see our County-by-County Page for Crane.
Cemeteries Near Crane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crane.
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 Crane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Ledgerwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dowden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Nebo Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hasler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smith - Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith - Bethel Cemetery
- The Smith - Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86940 <2>
- Gilbreath Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (368 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waggoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Crane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crane.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crane, with the one closest to Crane listed first.
- Scotland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Koleen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Newberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Raglesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raglesville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raglesville
- Bramble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Park is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Owensburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Elnora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crane.
Newspapers Published in Crane ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crane, 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 Crane.
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 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 Crane:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Martin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan 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 Crane, 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' (or 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- Crane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |