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 Monticello (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 Monticello. 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 Monticello ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Monticello: E. Monticello
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Monticello. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Monticello.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
East Monticello is located in White 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 White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near East Monticello. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Monticello:
- White County (The home county of East Monticello)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Monticello
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Reynolds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Chalmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Monon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Otterbein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wadena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Templeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Yeoman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Flora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Bringhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Owasco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Royal Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Verona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Deacon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Walton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Edna Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Mulberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Middlefork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Beard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Grass Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Remington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Rensselaer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Gifford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foresman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Thornhope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Francesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Star City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Medaryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lawton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Americus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Shadeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Warren County
- Green Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Monticello, see our County-by-County Page for East Monticello.
Cemeteries Near East Monticello ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Monticello.
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 Monticello - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Monticello covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- River View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cutler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- State View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yeoman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bunnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Buffalo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85462 <3>
- Leazenby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey & Phebus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Bedford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seceder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find East Monticello in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Monticello.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Monticello, with the one closest to East Monticello listed first.
- Monticello
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Guernsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Yeoman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Smithson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Sleeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
- Reynolds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chalmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Burnettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Lockport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Monon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Monticello. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Monticello.
Newspapers Published in East Monticello ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Monticello.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Monticello, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Monticello.
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 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 East Monticello:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Monticello) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Monticello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |