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 Emison (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 Emison. 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 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.
Emison 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 Emison. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emison:
- Knox County (The home county of Emison)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Busseron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bruceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oaktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bicknell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fritchton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Freelandville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Verne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Westphalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monroe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Capehart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Plainville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Sandy Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Giro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Patoka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- 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 Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- White Rose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Island City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Linton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoosier
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Gilmour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Switz City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jasonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Scotland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Burns City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Loogootee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Oatsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Glezen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- New Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Merom
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gambill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Sullivan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Dugger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hymera
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Villas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Gordon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- New Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Hardinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Hutsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Landes
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Landes is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Russellville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Birds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Saint Francisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Richland County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Allendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Orio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Adams Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emison, see our County-by-County Page for Emison.
Cemeteries Near Emison ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emison.
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 Emison - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emison covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Ocheltree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hoke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Threlkeld Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Charley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lagow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cughan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tevealt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Asher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orndorff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Otterburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Emison had a population of 36 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emison, with the one closest to Emison listed first.
- Busseron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bruceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oaktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Russellville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bicknell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Heathsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Freelandville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Richwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richwoods is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Edwardsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Birds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pinkstaff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pinkstaff is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkstaff
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Morea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morea is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emison. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emison.
Newspapers Published in Emison ...
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 177 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emison.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emison, 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 Emison.
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 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 Emison:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash 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 '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- Emison) 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 Emison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |