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 Forest Hill (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 Forest Hill. 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 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 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.
Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hill:
- Posey County (The home county of Forest Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Saint Wendel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Caborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Blairsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Hepburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Wadesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Oliver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Cynthiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Poseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Stewartsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Warrenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Haubstadt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mounts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Owensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Buckskin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Mackey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Somerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Francisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patoka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Spurgeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Oakland City Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Hatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Eureka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Richland City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Richland City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland City
- Estimated population in 2015: 407 people
- Richland City has also been known as:
- Richland
- Reo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reo is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reo
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pigeon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Evansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kasson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Cypress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Smythe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Melody Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- McCutchanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Darmstadt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Armstrong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Inglefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Daylight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Newburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Baugh City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Dayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Elberfeld
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Boonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Graham Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Gonia Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Eames
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Gallatin County (IL)
- New Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- Keensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Phillipstown
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Maunie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Calvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Crossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grayville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Birk City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Curdsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Saint Joseph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- White City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baskett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Spottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Smith Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Carlinburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Reed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reed is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Corydon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Niagara
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Hebbardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- Dixie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Robards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McLean County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Elba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in McLean County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Hitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Flournoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Breckinridge Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Chapman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Morganfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Poole
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sebree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Onton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Onton is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hill.
Cemeteries Near Forest Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hill.
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 Forest Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mesker Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Putman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Locust Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oates Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Forest Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Evansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kasson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Cypress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Belknap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belknap is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Vaughan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Saint Philip
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint Philip is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Philip
- McCutchanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Parkers Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parkers Settlement is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Settlement
- West Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Franklin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
- Lippe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lippe is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippe
- Armstrong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Saint Wendel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hill.
Newspapers Published in Forest Hill ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hill.
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 Forest Hill:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Posey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gibson County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Gallatin County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- McLean 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> | 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 Forest Hill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |