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 Garden City (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 Garden City. 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.
Garden City is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Garden City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden City:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Garden City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Jewell Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Corn Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- North Ogilville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Petersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clifford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Stony Lonesome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Jonesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newbern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Story
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Alert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Burney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Letts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Westport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Germantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Spraytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Seymour
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Freetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- New Elizabethtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Kriete Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Brownstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Dudleytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Norman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Deputy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Scipio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Butlerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Commiskey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paris Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Edinburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nineveh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Peoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Trafalgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Urmeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Needham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Zelma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Morgantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley County
- Holton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Riley Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Prescott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Shelbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Boggstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Candleglo Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden City, see our County-by-County Page for Garden City.
Cemeteries Near Garden City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden City.
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 Garden City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Daugherty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209679 <2>
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lawton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newsom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Lambert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Corn Brook.
- The New Hope Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207028 <2>
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Garden City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
- Walesboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Waynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Petersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Azalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Clifford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jonesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nortonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Waymansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Burnsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Newbern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden City.
Newspapers Published in Garden City ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden City, 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 Garden City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Garden City:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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 Garden City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Garden City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |