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 Dodds Bridge (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 Dodds Bridge. 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.
Name Variations for Dodds Bridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Dodds Bridge: Dodds Brg. (or less commonly used: Dodds Brdg. or Dodds Brdge.)
- While the name of this community is Dodds Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dodds Bridge may originally have been Dodd's Bridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dodds Bridge might be written as Dodd Bridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Dodds Bridge is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Clark (IL), Crawford (IL), Clay, Greene, Knox & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Dodds Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dodds Bridge:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Dodds Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Fairbanks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farmersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Hymera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Coalmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Eel River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Cloverland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Staunton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Center Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Billtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Davies's County
- Elnora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Gilmour
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- White Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Switz City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Oaktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Busseron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Sandborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bicknell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Coal City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Prairie Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Pimento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Lewis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Youngstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Riley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Taylorville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Toad Hop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Liggett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Terre Haute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barnhart Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Livingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Weaver
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Dennison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Farrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Hogue Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Martinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Hutsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Robinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Duncanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Heathsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- New Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stoy is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoy <2>
- Dogwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dogwood is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Cumberland County (IL)
- Hazel Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Elbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Oliver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Nevins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Bell Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Vermilion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Jasper County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Yale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hunt City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Birds
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dodds Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Dodds Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Dodds Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodds Bridge.
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 Dodds Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dodds Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alkire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poplar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chowning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riggs - Ernest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Douglas Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- DeBaun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pogue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (414 more) ...
- Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Merom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Merom Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Merom.
- Free Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Dodds Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dodds Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dodds Bridge, with the one closest to Dodds Bridge listed first.
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Fairbanks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Shelburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hutsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jackson Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Prairie Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- West Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- West York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Darwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darwin is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Vigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dodds Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodds Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Dodds Bridge ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodds Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dodds Bridge, 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 Dodds Bridge.
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 Dodds Bridge:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edgar County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dodds Bridge, 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- Dodds Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |