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 Fountain (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 Fountain. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Fountain is located in Fountain 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 Fountain County: Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Fountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountain:
- Fountain County (The home county of Fountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Stone Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Attica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Layton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Harveysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Boswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Talbot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ambia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Otterbein
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Fowler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Wingate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Linden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alamo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Cherry Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Yountsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Crawfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Waveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Grange Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Annapolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- West Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Bloomingdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Guion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Odell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- West Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lafayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Tree Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dana
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Old Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Williamsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Foster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Hedrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- State Line City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Edgar County (IL)
- Raven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Illiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Alvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Danville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Tilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Coalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Belgium
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Rossville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Henning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hillery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountain, see our County-by-County Page for Fountain.
Cemeteries Near Fountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountain.
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 Fountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Woods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Progressive Friends Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Stone Bluff.
- The Progressive Friends Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crazy Corner South Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234961 <2>
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <2>
- Lyons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Robb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis of Xavier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Attica.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86576 <2>
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fountain had a population of 102 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Rob Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Williamsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Stone Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Aylesworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Attica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Johnsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Foster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Carbondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Hedrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Mellott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain.
Newspapers Published in Fountain ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountain, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fountain.
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 Fountain:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Edgar County
- Iroquois 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fountain) 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 Fountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |