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 East Columbus (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 East Columbus. 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 East Columbus ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Columbus: E. Columbus
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Columbus. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Columbus.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Columbus is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near East Columbus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Columbus:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of East Columbus)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Columbus
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jewell Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Garden City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Corn Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Bethel Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Petersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Ogilville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Newbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Stony Lonesome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Spearsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Story
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Alert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Burney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Letts Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Saint Omer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Cortland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Fleming
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Seymour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spraytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Kriete Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Freetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Houston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Brownstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Dudleytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Retreat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- Dupont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Scipio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Zenas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Butlerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Commiskey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Paris Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Edinburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nineveh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Peoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Needham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Whiteland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- Zelma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Monroe County
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Morgantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Holton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Moscow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Manilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Milroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Prescott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Riley Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Boggstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Candleglo Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Columbus, see our County-by-County Page for East Columbus.
Cemeteries Near East Columbus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Columbus.
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 East Columbus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Columbus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Daugherty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209679 <2>
- New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Corn Brook.
- The New Hope Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207028 <2>
- Lambert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Springer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Newsom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 East Columbus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Columbus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Columbus, with the one closest to East Columbus listed first.
- Columbus
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Corn Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Petersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Waynesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Nortonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Azalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Burnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Newbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saint Louis Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edinburgh
(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 East Columbus. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Columbus.
Newspapers Published in East Columbus ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Columbus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Columbus, 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 East Columbus.
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 East Columbus:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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 East Columbus, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Columbus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |