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 Epsom (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 Epsom. 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.
Epsom is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Epsom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Epsom:
- Davies's County (The home county of Epsom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Plainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Capehart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cannelburg
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Alfordsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Sandy Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Howesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Portersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Jasper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Norton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Gibson County
- Giro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plummer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Koleen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Linton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Sandborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Freelandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Ragsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Bruceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fritchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Busseron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Huron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Silverville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Williams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Popcorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Georgia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Coxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Hartleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Oolitic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Judah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Burns City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Loogootee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Windom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Stanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- French Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Arney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Highbank Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Alford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Whiteoak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- White Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glezen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Velpen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Crawford County (IL)
- Heathsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Lawrence County (IL)
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Epsom, see our County-by-County Page for Epsom.
Cemeteries Near Epsom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Epsom.
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 Epsom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Epsom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Humphries Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plainville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evans Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Ketchem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Epsom had a population of 72 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Epsom, with the one closest to Epsom listed first.
- Cornettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Plainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Raglesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raglesville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raglesville
- Odon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Black Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cannelburg
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Bramble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Burns City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Jordan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loogootee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Epsom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Epsom.
Newspapers Published in Epsom ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Epsom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Epsom, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Epsom.
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 Epsom:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Epsom, 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- Epsom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |