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 Dubois (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 Dubois. 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 southeast 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 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.
Dubois is located in Dubois 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 Dubois County: Crawford, Davies's, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Spencer & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Dubois. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dubois:
- Dubois County (The home county of Dubois)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Celestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Haysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hillham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Schnellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Jasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birdseye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Portersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Huntingburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Riceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- English
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Grantsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Sulphur
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Marengo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pilot Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Beechwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Alfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Cannelburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Odon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Dongola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- Willis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Georgia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Williams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Spring Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Silverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Fayetteville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Lawrenceport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Stonington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Windom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Loogootee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Burns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- French Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Youngs Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Paoli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Trotter Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Orleans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mahan Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Siberia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Saint Croix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bristow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Apalona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Branchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Ranger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Leopold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Otwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- White Sulphur Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Velpen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Whiteoak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Highbank Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Stendal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Winslow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Glezen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Spurgeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Saint Meinrad
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mariah Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulda
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Santa Claus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Clay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gentryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Pigeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Heilman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Eames
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Hardinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Claysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Meade County (KY)
- Roberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dubois, see our County-by-County Page for Dubois.
Cemeteries Near Dubois ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dubois.
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 Dubois - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dubois covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Hardin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ewing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harbison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cavender Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979985 <2>
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Adkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wininger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Dubois had a population of 211 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dubois, with the one closest to Dubois listed first.
- Kellerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kellerville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Celestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Crystal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Haysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- South Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Martin is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin
- Hillham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Saint Anthony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kyana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bretzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bretzville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretzville
- Mentor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mentor is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Birdseye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dubois. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dubois.
Newspapers Published in Dubois ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dubois.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dubois, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dubois.
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 Dubois:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Dubois County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Washington County
- Meade 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 Dubois, 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- Dubois) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |