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 Elkinsville (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 Elkinsville. 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 northwest 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 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.
Elkinsville is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Elkinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elkinsville:
- Brown County (The home county of Elkinsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gnaw Bone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Beanblossom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jonesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Pleasant View Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Clifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Hendricksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Owensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Norman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Brownstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Medora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- New Elizabethtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Vallonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dudleytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Hayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Scipio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Peoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nineveh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Anita ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Trafalgar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edinburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Banta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Zelma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Guthrie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Leesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Judah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Oolitic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Springville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Martin County
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Unionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrodsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Dolan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Highland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Ellettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Stinesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Mahalasville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Morgantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Paragon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Orleans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Gosport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Plattsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Saltillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smedley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elkinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Elkinsville.
Cemeteries Near Elkinsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elkinsville.
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 Elkinsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elkinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Terrill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Noblet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lutes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes Cemetery
- The Lutes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutes - Ermy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85756 <2>
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Callahan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cornett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burgoon Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Todd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hanner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Elkinsville had a population of 73 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elkinsville, with the one closest to Elkinsville listed first.
- Maumee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Christiansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Yellowstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Becks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Norman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Zelma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elkinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elkinsville.
Newspapers Published in Elkinsville ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkinsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elkinsville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elkinsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Elkinsville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Orange County
- Owen County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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 Elkinsville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elkinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |