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 Flat Iron (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 Flat Iron. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Flat Iron is located in Vermillion 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 Vermillion County: Edgar (IL), Vermilion (IL), Fountain, Parke, Vigo & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Flat Iron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Iron:
- Vermillion County (The home county of Flat Iron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Perrysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gessie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Tree Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Eugene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Saint Bernice
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Summit Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Benton County
- Ambia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Layton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Harveysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Veedersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Mellott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Attica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Roberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Waynetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alamo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Wingate
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Waveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- New Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- West Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Grange Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Annapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Armiesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Mecca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Guion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Nyesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Rockville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tippecanoe County
- Odell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Vigo County
- Libertyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Hedrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Williamsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Ogden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Royal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Broadlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sidney is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <1>
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Raven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Scottland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Chrisman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kidley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Metcalf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Clays Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Hume
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Meeks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Belgium
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Tilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Busenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Olivet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Catlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Iron, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Iron.
Cemeteries Near Flat Iron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Iron.
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 Flat Iron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Iron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Ater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chenoweth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hicks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Niccum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Underwood Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Isle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Langley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Forse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forse Cemetery
- The Forse Cemetery has also been known as:
- Force Cemetery
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Cemetery
- The Nicholson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Indian Paint Cemetery
- Indian Point Cemetery
- Locket Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Flat Iron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Iron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Iron, with the one closest to Flat Iron listed first.
- Gessie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rileysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Coal Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Grape Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grape Creek is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Eugene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Cayuga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silverwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Cates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cates is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vandercook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vandercook is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Iron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Iron.
Newspapers Published in Flat Iron ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Iron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Iron, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Iron.
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 Flat Iron:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vermillion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vigo County
- Warren County
- Champaign County
- Edgar County
- Vermilion 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 Flat Iron, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flat Iron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |