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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 Foley (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 Foley. 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 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.

Foley is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Madison, Randolph, Rush & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Foley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foley:

  • Henry County     (The home county of Foley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Mount Summit
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Messick
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • New Castle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Springport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mooreland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Luray
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cadiz
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Corwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Millville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greensboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Blountsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blountsville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Blackford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Millgrove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Shamrock Lakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Delaware County
  • Fayette County
  • Grant County
    • Matthews
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Matthews is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Hamilton County
  • Hancock County
  • Jay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Dunkirk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Redkey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kosciusko County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Markleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Chesterfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glyn Ellen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Anderson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Club Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • North Anderson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Pendleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • River Forest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • River Forest is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Western Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Western Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
    • Edgewood Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Edgewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
  • Randolph County
  • Rush County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Gwynneville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Morristown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fountaintown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Yankee Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Yankee Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
    • Franklin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hagerstown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dublin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Auburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Economy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Cambridge City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Germantown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Germantown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Milton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pennville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
    • Greens Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Williamsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Beesons
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Darke County (OH)
    • Hollansburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foley, see our County-by-County Page for Foley.

Cemeteries Near Foley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foley.

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 Foley - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.

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 Foley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foley.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.

  • Mount Summit
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • New Castle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Messick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rogersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogersville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Sulphur Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Springport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ashland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashland is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Cadiz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mooreland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Luray
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Millville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Honey Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Honey Creek is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Oakville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Greensboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Kennard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennard is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foley.

Newspapers Published in Foley ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foley, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Foley:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foley) 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 Foley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.