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 Ethel (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 Ethel. 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.
Ethel is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Ethel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ethel:
- Orange County (The home county of Ethel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Youngs Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Chambersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Abydel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Paoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trotter Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- French Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Mahan Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Orleans
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leipsic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- English
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eckerty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- West Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Pilot Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Beechwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Carefree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Davies's County
- Alfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Norton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Birdseye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Celestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Schnellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Kyana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Dubois
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Anthony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Haysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ferdinand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntingburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Depauw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Ramsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Palmyra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Corydon Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- New Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Amsterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Corydon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Valley City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Georgia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Mitchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Spring Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Stonington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Lawrenceport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Bono
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Hartleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Tunnelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Williams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fort Ritner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Coxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Windom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Saint Croix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Branchville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Siberia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Apalona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Leopold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Magnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Bristow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Ranger
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Derby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gerald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Otwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- White Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Saint Meinrad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mariah Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evanston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Lamar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Hardinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Claysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Saltillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smedley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Pekin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Harristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Kossuth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- Chenaultt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Roberta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Wolf Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Cedar Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Beechland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Concordia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Andyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Battletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Oolite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oolite is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oolite
- Rhodelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Cold Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lodale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ethel, see our County-by-County Page for Ethel.
Cemeteries Near Ethel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ethel.
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 Ethel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ethel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Eden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cook - Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Denbo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Land Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sloan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mathers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Youngscreek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Swift Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eckerty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Ethel had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ethel, with the one closest to Ethel listed first.
- Fargo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Greenbrier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Newton Stewart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newton Stewart is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Stewart
- Taswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- English
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Wickliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wickliffe is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
- Mifflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mifflin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Eckerty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Temple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temple is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Valeene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valeene is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeene
- Grantsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ethel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ethel.
Newspapers Published in Ethel ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ethel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ethel, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ethel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ethel:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Washington County
- Breckinridge County
- Meade 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 Ethel, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ethel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |