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 Farmersville (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 Farmersville. 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.
Farmersville is located in Posey 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 Posey County: Gallatin (IL), White (IL), White (IL), Gibson, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Henderson (KY) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Farmersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmersville:
- Posey County (The home county of Farmersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Bufkin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Solitude
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Mount Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Caborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Savah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Savah is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Hovey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Hepburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Blairsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- New Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wadesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Mounts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Haubstadt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Fort Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Kasson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Cypress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Martin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Evansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Darmstadt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Melody Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Inglefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Smythe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Stevenson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Newburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elberfeld
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Chandler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Browns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red Top
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ellery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- New Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Omaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Old Shawneetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Ridgway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Lawler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Equality
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Bungay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Broughton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saline County (IL)
- Texas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Texas City is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Keensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bellmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Maunie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Phillipstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Crossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carmi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Grayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roland is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Stokes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Norris City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Enfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Smith Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Corydon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Baskett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Niagara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Robards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reed is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Bluff City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Uniontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Hitesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Chapman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Flournoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Waverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Raleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Breckinridge Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Morganfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dekoven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
- Grangertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Webster County (KY)
- Poole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmersville, see our County-by-County Page for Farmersville.
Cemeteries Near Farmersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmersville.
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 Farmersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Gill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Cemetery
- The Bellefontaine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belfountain Cemetery
- Belle Fontaine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84299 <2>
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Black Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Samuel Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alldredge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Calvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- French Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Downen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McFadden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Farmersville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmersville, with the one closest to Farmersville listed first.
- Erwin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Erwin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Bufkin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Solitude
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Upton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upton is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Mount Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Caborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Hovey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Hepburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Lippe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lippe is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippe
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saint Philip
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Philip is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Philip
- Blairsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- New Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmersville.
Newspapers Published in Farmersville ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmersville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmersville.
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 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 Farmersville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Posey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gibson County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Edwards County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Saline County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Henderson County
- Union County
- Webster 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> | 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- Farmersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Farmersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |