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 Drew (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 Drew. 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.
Drew is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Blackford, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Drew. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drew:
- Delaware County (The home county of Drew)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Muncie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Andersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Liberty Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Desoto
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Selma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Cowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gaston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Shamrock Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Millgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Hartford City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Renner ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Ridertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Montpelier
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Matthews
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Fowlerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlerton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Upland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gas City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arcana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Hackleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Rigdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Farrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Michaelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Aroma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Durbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Durbin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Omega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Strawtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Strawtown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Shirley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
- Warrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warrington is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Wilkinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Branch is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch
- Eden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Luray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Springport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blountsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Middletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Foley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Foley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Mooreland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Messick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Messick is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- Cadiz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cadiz is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- New Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Kennard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Dunkirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Pony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Collett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Pennville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Boundary City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Fiat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Portland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Antiville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Kosciusko County
- Warsaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Chesterfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Summitville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Glyn Ellen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glyn Ellen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyn Ellen
- Alexandria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gimco City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gimco City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City
- Prosperity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- North Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Anderson
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Woodlawn Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Florida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Orestes
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orestes is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Dundee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Parker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Farmland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Losantville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Ridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stone is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rural
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton County
- Hobbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Economy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hagerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Greens Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
- Mount Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Cambridge City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Germantown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Fountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Keystone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Nottingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Phenix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drew, see our County-by-County Page for Drew.
Cemeteries Near Drew ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drew.
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 Drew - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drew covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Muncie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84289 <2>
- Elm Ridge Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cullen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Graham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nottingham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Truitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bortsfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Drew in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drew.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drew, with the one closest to Drew listed first.
- Muncie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Royerton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royerton
- Anthony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cammack
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cammack is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack
- Selma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shideler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shideler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shideler
- Cowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- New Burlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Burlington is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Luray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drew. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drew.
Newspapers Published in Drew ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drew.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drew, 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 Drew.
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 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 Drew:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blackford County
- Grant County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Randolph County
- Tipton County
- Wayne County
- Wells 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 Drew, 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- Drew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |