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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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.
Fairview is primarily located in Fayette County . A portion of Fairview extends into Rush 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 Fayette County : Franklin , Henry , Rush , Union & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
Fayette County (The home county of Fairview)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Harrisburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Orange (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Connersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Nulltown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Alpine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Springersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Springersville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Everton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Clarksburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Springhill ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Springhill is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Saint Maurice (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Saint Maurice is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice Saint Omer (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Saint Omer is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer Saint Paul (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Greensburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Adams (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Adams is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Germantown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Germantown is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown New Point (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Knarr Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Knarr Corner is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knarr Corner Milford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Smyrna is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Harris City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Harris City is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Oakville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Oakville is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville Cowan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Cowan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Progress (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Progress is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Andersonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Andersonville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Laurel (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Metamora (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Bank (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Brookville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Oak Forest (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Enochsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Enochsburg is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg Oldenburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bath (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Oak Tree Crossroads (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Youngs Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner Cedar Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Mount Carmel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Charlottesville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Charlottesville is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville Shirley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Shirley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
Wilkinson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Warrington (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Warrington is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington Willow Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Willow Branch is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch Greenfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Maxwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Eden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Philadelphia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Denny Corner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Mohawk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Spring Lake (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Lewisville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Straughn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Dunreith (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Ogden (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden New Lisbon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Spiceland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Corwin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Corwin is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Knightstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Millville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville New Castle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Grant City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Grant City is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Kennard (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Kennard is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Kosciusko County
Warsaw (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Madison County
Markleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Randolph County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Losantville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Modoc (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Modoc is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Bloomingport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Ripley County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Batesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Morris (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Morris is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Penntown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Penntown is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Falmouth (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Gings (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Raleigh (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Mays (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Rushville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Henderson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Arlington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Carthage (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Milroy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Homer (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Gowdy (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Manilla (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Manilla is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Gwynneville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville Blue Ridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Rays Crossing (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing Morristown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Knighthood Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village Prescott (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Prescott is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Waldron (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Waldron is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron Fountaintown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Riley Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Riley Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village Shelbyville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Beech Brook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Beech Brook is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook Candleglo Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village Hildebrand Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Brownsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Yankee Town is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Liberty (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Billingsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Goodwins Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner West College Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Contreras (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Beesons (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Beesons is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Dublin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Milton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
Mount Auburn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
Cambridge City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
East Germantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Pennville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pennville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Hagerstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Abington (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Centerville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Greens Fork (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Franklin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Franklin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Economy (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Economy is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
Butler County (OH)
Contreras (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Preble County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
College Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Corvin ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Corvin is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin New Paris (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Morning Sun (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview .
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Fairview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ben Davis Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Davis Creek Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ben Davis Creek Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> Rushville . The Ben Davis Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
Ben Davis Creek Christian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300611 <3>
Wiley Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Campbell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hinchman Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bentonville Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Old Friends Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Martin Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Caldwell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Kirkwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Shanee Bluff Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Raleigh Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Cemetery The Raleigh Cemetery has also been known as:
Raleigh Cemetery Raleigh Zion Cemetery Rayleigh Zion Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975624 <3>
Continue List (311 more) ...
Orange - North Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Tate Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Lick Creek Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
Falmouth (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Gings (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Mauzy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Mauzy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauzy Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Farmington (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Farmington is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Raleigh (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Harrisburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Orange (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bentonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Mays (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Sexton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Sexton is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton Lewisville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Straughn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Rushville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Columbia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Columbia is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview .
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Fairview.
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 either 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 Fairview:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Fayette County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Decatur County Delaware County Franklin County Hancock County Henry County Kosciusko County Madison County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Shelby County Union County Wayne County Butler County Preble County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.