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 Elmdale (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 Elmdale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elmdale is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Elmdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmdale:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Elmdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Wingate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Waynetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Crawfordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Alamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Smartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Darlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Otterbein
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Thorntown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Advance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Hazelrigg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Pike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ulen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Pyrmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Colfax
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Manson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Mulberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Reagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Rossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mellott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Newtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Stone Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Layton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Harveysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- North Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Byron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Grange Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Guion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Annapolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bloomingdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nyesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bellmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- West Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Billie Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Russellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Roachdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Portland Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Barnard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Odell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Romney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gladens Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Glenhall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Shadeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Stockwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clarks Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Perrysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Eugene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Cayuga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Independence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Foster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Pine Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Illiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmdale, see our County-by-County Page for Elmdale.
Cemeteries Near Elmdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmdale.
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 Elmdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tally Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willhite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Potts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Killen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Turkey Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breaks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meharry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harshbarger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Elmdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmdale, with the one closest to Elmdale listed first.
- Wingate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waynetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- New Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mellott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Crawfordsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Alamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Garfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Romney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmdale.
Newspapers Published in Elmdale ...
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 Elmdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmdale, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmdale.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Elmdale:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Hendricks County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Vermilion 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> | 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 Elmdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |