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 Flax (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 Flax. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Flax is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cass, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe & White.
Below are the counties that are near Flax. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flax:
- Carroll County (The home county of Flax)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Burrows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Deer Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Flora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Delphi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Yeoman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Cutler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Radnor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Burlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Clymers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Deacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Young America
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Logansport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Royal Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lucerne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Galveston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Geetingsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Rossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Middlefork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Edna Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Beard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Cambria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Mulberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Michigantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boyleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Grass Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Judson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- West Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Kokomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Indian Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Vermont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Plevna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Hemlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Bunker Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Miami
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Loree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Santa Fe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Denver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Deedsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Macy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Thornhope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Winamac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Francesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Americus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delp
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Battle Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Stockwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clarks Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Groomsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Kempton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Sharpsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Burnettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Springboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Sitka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Brookston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chalmers
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Headlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Reynolds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flax, see our County-by-County Page for Flax.
Cemeteries Near Flax ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flax.
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 Flax - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flax covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Woodville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Musselman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mullendore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nettle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Knettle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knettle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knettle Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Flora.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86117 <2>
- Porter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whistler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Johnson City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clymers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wingard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Flax in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flax.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flax, with the one closest to Flax listed first.
- Camden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Lockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Clymers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Flora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Bringhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Delphi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Burnettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Young America
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Deacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flax. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flax.
Newspapers Published in Flax ...
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 Flax.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flax, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flax.
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 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 Flax:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton County
- White 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 '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- Flax) 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 Flax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |