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 Rock Park (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 Rock Park. 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.
Name Variations for Flat Rock Park ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Flatrock Park.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Flat Rock Park is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Flat Rock Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Rock Park:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Flat Rock Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Corn Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Taylorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Petersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Jewell Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Pleasant View Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Bethel Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Newbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Stony Lonesome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Spearsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Becks Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Beanblossom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Story
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Helmsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Alert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Burney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Sardinia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harper
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Letts Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Adams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Spraytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Cortland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Fleming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Freetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kriete Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- New Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Kurtz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Brownstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Norman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Scipio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Butlerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Commiskey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Edinburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nineveh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Princes Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Peoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Anita ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Needham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lawrence County
- Zelma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Acton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Homecroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Southport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Morgantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red House ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Ripley County
- Holton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Moscow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Manilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Prescott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Riley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Waldron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Boggstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Rock Park, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Rock Park.
Cemeteries Near Flat Rock Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Rock Park.
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 Rock Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Rock Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Corn Brook.
- The New Hope Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207028 <2>
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Schooler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Treadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tannehill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steenbarger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Flat Rock Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Rock Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock Park, with the one closest to Flat Rock Park listed first.
- Corn Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Taylorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Nortonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Saint Louis Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Walesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Edinburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waynesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Mount Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Rock Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Rock Park.
Newspapers Published in Flat Rock Park ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Rock Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Rock Park, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Rock Park.
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 Flat Rock Park:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flat Rock Park) 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 Flat Rock Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |