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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 Dixon (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 Dixon. 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 and doctors 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.
Dixon is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Davies's, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Dixon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dixon:
- Greene County (The home county of Dixon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Switz City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Worthington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plummer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Lyons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Calvertville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Island City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoosier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Mineral City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Howesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Clay City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eel River
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Bowling Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Saline City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Center Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Poland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prairie City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Roadman Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Staunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Elnora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cannelburg
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Sandborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Freelandville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oaktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Ragsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Popcorn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Silverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Judah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Fayetteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Williams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Guthrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Oolitic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Crane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Stanford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Highland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Clear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Harrodsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dolan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Coal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Arney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Denmark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Spencer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Cuba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gosport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Dugger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gambill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Hymera
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Paxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Shelburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scott City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Fairbanks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Lewis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Riley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Youngstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Grange Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Prairie Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Swalls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Vigo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dixon, see our County-by-County Page for Dixon.
Cemeteries Near Dixon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dixon.
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 Dixon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dixon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Switz City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switz City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Switz City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Switz City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87109 <2>
- Waggoner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buzan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Castle Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scafford Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Bloomfield.
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bloomfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979233 <2>
- Bucher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stalcup Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (387 more) ...
- Hayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Steward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Dixon had a population of 15 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Switz City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rincon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rincon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Elliston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Worthington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Johnstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Island City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Tulip
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Calvertville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hubbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hubbell is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
- Bushrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bushrod is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushrod
- Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dixon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dixon.
Newspapers Published in Dixon ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dixon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dixon, 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 Dixon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Dixon:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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 Dixon, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dixon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |