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 Crothersville (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 Crothersville. 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 doctors 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.
Crothersville is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings, Lawrence, Scott & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Crothersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crothersville:
- Jackson County (The home county of Crothersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Retreat
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Dudleytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Kriete Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Seymour
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Elizabethtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Fleming
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Brownstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Vallonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Medora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Freetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spraytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Kurtz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Jonesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- North Ogilville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Grammer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Garden City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jewell Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Petersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Newbern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Stony Lonesome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Becks Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Underwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- Henryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Nabb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nabb is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nabb
- Otisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otisco is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Memphis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Borden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Broom Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- New Providence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Slatecut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Bennettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Alert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Harper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Sardinia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Floyd County
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison County
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Deputy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Dupont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Middlefork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bryantsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bryantsburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Canaan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Manville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Paris Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Commiskey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hayden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Grayford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- North Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Queensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Scipio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- San Jacinto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Butlerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zenas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Fort Ritner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Bono
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Zelma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Tunnelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Stonington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lawrenceport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Crawford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Heltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Bromer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Marshfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Scottsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blocher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Goshen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Plattsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Bartle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bartle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle
- Harristown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- South Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Pekin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Smedley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Campbellsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Saltillo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Livonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Oldham County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Harmony Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Village is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Oldham County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
- Trimble County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Trout
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trout is located in Trimble County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crothersville, see our County-by-County Page for Crothersville.
Cemeteries Near Crothersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crothersville.
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 Crothersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crothersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Crothersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gorrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grassy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harrod Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bedel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coryell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Craig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Sauers Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Crothersville had a population of 599 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Crothersville had a population of 1,529 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crothersville, with the one closest to Crothersville listed first.
- Retreat
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dudleytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Marshfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Tampico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tampico is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampico
- Chestnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- New Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Frankfort is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
- Scottsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Leota is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leota
- Vienna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vienna is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Deputy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Paris Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Seymour
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blocher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crothersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crothersville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Crothersville ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crothersville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Crothersville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Crothersville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Crothersville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Crothersville.
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 helpful 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 Crothersville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Decatur County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Scott County
- Washington County
- Oldham County
- Trimble 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 Crothersville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crothersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |