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 Darlington (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 Darlington. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Darlington is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Darlington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darlington:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Darlington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Garfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Bowers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Smartsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Shannondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Mace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Crawfordsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- New Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yountsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Wesley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Thorntown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hazelrigg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Advance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pike
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Northfield Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elizaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Gadsden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Whitestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Zionsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Owasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Pyrmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Prince William
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Ockley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Cutler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Manson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Reagan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Mulberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Kirklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Boyleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Rossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Michigantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Mellott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Wallace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Roberts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Stone Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Attica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harveysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Layton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Hamilton County
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- North Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Hadley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Brownsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Coatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Amo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- Traders Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Byron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Grange Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Guion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Judson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Marshall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Bellmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Annapolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Nyesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Roachdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barnard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Blakesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Bainbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Portland Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Fillmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gladens Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Stockwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Dayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Odell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Shadeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glenhall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Green Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Williamsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Darlington, see our County-by-County Page for Darlington.
Cemeteries Near Darlington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darlington.
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 Darlington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Darlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clouser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hutton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Peterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- Oldtown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawfordsville Masonic Cemetery
- Grant Ave. Cemetery
- Oak Hill / Grant Ave. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207678 <3>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Darlington had a population of 461 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Darlington had a population of 860 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darlington, with the one closest to Darlington listed first.
- Garfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Smartsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Bowers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Shannondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Mace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Crawfordsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linnsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnsburg
- Kirkpatrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Cherry Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thorntown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- New Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clarks Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Darlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darlington.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Darlington ...
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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darlington.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Darlington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Darlington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Darlington.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> of Darlington.
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 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 Darlington:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Hamilton County
- Hendricks County
- Marion County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren 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> | 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- Darlington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Darlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |