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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 Elizabethtown (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 Elizabethtown. 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 and hospitals 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.

Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties 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 Elizabethtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elizabethtown:

  • Bartholomew County     (The home county of Elizabethtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
    • Grammer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jewell Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
      • Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
    • Petersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jonesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
      • Jonesville is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <2>
    • Bethel Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
      • Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
    • Columbus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
    • Clifford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Corn Brook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Ogilville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hartsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown County
  • Decatur County
  • Franklin County
    • Enochsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enochsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
      • Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
    • Dupont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <2>
    • Deputy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deputy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deputy
      • Deputy is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deputy <2>
    • Middlefork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bryantsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Smyrna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jennings County
  • Johnson County
  • Lawrence County
  • Morgan County
    • Morgantown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgantown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
      • Morgantown is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgantown <2>
  • Ripley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
    • Holton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
      • Holton is located in Ripley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holton <2>
    • Otter Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
      • Otter Village is located in Ripley County
    • Napoleon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Osgood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osgood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Osgood is located in Ripley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osgood <2>
    • Versailles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rush County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
    • Moscow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
      • Williamstown is located in Rush County
    • Gowdy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Milroy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
      • Milroy is located in Rush County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milroy <2>
  • Scott County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
    • Flat Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Flat Rock is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <2>
    • Norristown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Geneva
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mount Auburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wilson Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Waldron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Prescott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prescott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Prescott is located in Shelby County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Prescott
      • From Elizabethtown to Prescott
    • Riley Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
      • Riley Village is located in Shelby County
    • Shelbyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
      • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <2>
    • Beech Brook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Blue Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Hildebrand Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hildebrand Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
      • Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
  • Washington County
    • Little York
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little York have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Little York is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elizabethtown, see our County-by-County Page for Elizabethtown.

Cemeteries Near Elizabethtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elizabethtown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elizabethtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Elizabethtown had a population of 430 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Elizabethtown had a population of 540 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.

  • Azalia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Azalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
    • Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
  • Waynesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
    • Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
  • Burnsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
    • Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
  • Walesboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
    • Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
  • Jonesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
    • Jonesville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <2>
  • Scipio
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Petersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Reddington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reddington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddington
    • Reddington is located in Jackson County
  • Alert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Newbern
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbern have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
    • Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
  • Columbus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Peters Switch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
    • Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Queensville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sardinia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Waynesburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
      • Waynesburg is located in Decatur County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elizabethtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elizabethtown.

Newspapers Published in Elizabethtown ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elizabethtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elizabethtown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elizabethtown.

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 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 Elizabethtown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elizabethtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bartholomew County: www.bartholomewco.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Elizabethtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elizabethtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elizabethtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1356, Longitude: -85.8131    









 

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