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 Edwardsport (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 Edwardsport. 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 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.
Edwardsport is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Edwardsport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edwardsport:
- Knox County (The home county of Edwardsport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Westphalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bicknell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Sandborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Ragsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Busseron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fritchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Vincennes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Howesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Elnora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Cannelburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Alfordsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Portersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Giro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Island City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Newberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- White Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hoosier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Plummer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Elliston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Gilmour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Burns City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Loogootee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Windom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Owen County
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Highbank Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Alford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Otwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glezen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Whiteoak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Oatsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Carlisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Paxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Dugger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Vigo County
- Lewis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Heathsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Duncanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Gordon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Villas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- New Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Hutsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Birds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Billett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Francisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edwardsport, see our County-by-County Page for Edwardsport.
Cemeteries Near Edwardsport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edwardsport.
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 Edwardsport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edwardsport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Begeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Delay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandborn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Light Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Charley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Edwardsport had a population of 670 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Edwardsport had a population of 298 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edwardsport, with the one closest to Edwardsport listed first.
- Bicknell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westphalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freelandville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sandborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cornettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Bruceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Epsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Elnora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Marco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Oaktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edwardsport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edwardsport.
Newspapers Published in Edwardsport ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwardsport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edwardsport, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edwardsport.
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 Edwardsport:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Martin County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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' (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- Edwardsport) 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 Edwardsport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |