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 Ellis (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 Ellis. 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.
Ellis is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Davies's, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Ellis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellis:
- Greene County (The home county of Ellis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Hoosier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- White Rose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Linton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Island City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Jasonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Switz City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Worthington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Newberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Coalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eel River
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Cory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Art
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bowling Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Center Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Staunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Elnora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cannelburg
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Sandborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freelandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Oaktown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bicknell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Wheatland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Vincennes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- Popcorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Crane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Monroe County
- Stanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Coal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Patricksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Atkinsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Gambill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Sullivan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Lewis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairie Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Riley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Vigo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Prairieton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Grange Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Seelyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Taylorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Heathsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hutsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- West York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Duncanville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Villas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Birds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellis, see our County-by-County Page for Ellis.
Cemeteries Near Ellis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellis.
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 Ellis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Richards Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dugger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clayton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Dugger.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990024 <2>
- Woodward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Linton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hoosier.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84978 <2>
- Clayton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Terhune Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Pirtle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Ellis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellis, with the one closest to Ellis listed first.
- Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Dugger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Linton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cass is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Island City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Farnsworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farnsworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Jasonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bushrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bushrod is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushrod
- Howesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Marco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lyons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Switz City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellis.
Newspapers Published in Ellis ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellis, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Ellis:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Clark 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ellis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ellis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |