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 Francisco (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 Francisco. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Francisco is located in Gibson 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 Gibson County: Wabash (IL), White (IL), Knox, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Francisco. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Francisco:
- Gibson County (The home county of Francisco)
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Douglas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Mackey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buckskin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Patoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Fort Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Haubstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Zoar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ireland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Huntingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Jasper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Decker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Beal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Monroe City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Vincennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheatland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Oatsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Oakland City Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Spurgeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Stendal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Whiteoak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Velpen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Algiers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Cynthiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Poseyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Blairsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Wadesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Hepburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Griffin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- New Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Pigeon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Kercheval
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Lincoln City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Mariah Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Stacer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Daylight
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Inglefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Armstrong
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Darmstadt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- McCutchanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Melody Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Smythe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Kasson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Evansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Wheatonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lynnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Baugh City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Folsomville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Stevenson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- De Gonia Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Browns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bone Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Petersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Patton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Adams Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Keensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Bellmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- White County (IL)
- Grayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henderson County (KY)
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Francisco, see our County-by-County Page for Francisco.
Cemeteries Near Francisco ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Francisco.
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 Francisco - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Francisco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Meade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hussey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hussey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hussey Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Princeton.
- The Hussey Cemetery has also been known as:
- McConnell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163850 <3>
- Kirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kirk - McRoberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Warnock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Albright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albright Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Mackey.
- The Albright Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84148 <3>
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Townsley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decker Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Francisco had a population of 326 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Francisco had a population of 558 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Francisco, with the one closest to Francisco listed first.
- Douglas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Gudgel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gudgel is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudgel
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oatsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Mackey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- King is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Buckskin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Patoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Fort Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Littles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Rumble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Francisco. See our List of 1890's Communities around Francisco.
Newspapers Published in Francisco ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Francisco.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Francisco, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Francisco.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Francisco:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Gibson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Edwards County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Henderson 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Francisco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Francisco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |