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 Gatchel (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 Gatchel. 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 hospitals 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.
Gatchel is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Crawford, Dubois, Spencer, Breckinridge (KY), Hancock (KY) & Meade (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Gatchel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gatchel:
- Perry County (The home county of Gatchel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Lilly Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Ranger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Leopold
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apalona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Bristow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Tell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Cannelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- West Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Sulphur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Jericho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Fredonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Eckerty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Grantsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Leavenworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Taswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Ferdinand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kyana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schnellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Huntingburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Celestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Dubois
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- New Amsterdam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Valley City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Mauckport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glidas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glidas is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidas
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Frenchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Corydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Depauw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Orange County
- Youngs Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Pike County
- Stendal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Evanston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Fulda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Meinrad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Santa Claus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mariah Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Lincoln City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockport Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Chrisney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Heilman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Tennyson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eames
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Folsomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- De Gonia Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Chenaultt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Ammons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Stephensport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Union Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Cloverport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Webster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Hardinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tar Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Irvington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Harned
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Yelvington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Maceo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Ensor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Whitesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Philpot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Hawesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Cabot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Concordia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Rhodelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Roberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Wolf Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Andyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Beechland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Cedar Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Payneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Battletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Cold Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Lodale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
- Ohio County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Aetnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gatchel, see our County-by-County Page for Gatchel.
Cemeteries Near Gatchel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gatchel.
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 Gatchel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gatchel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Terry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Covey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hammack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schraner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Badger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Phelps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Niles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Gatchel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gatchel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gatchel, with the one closest to Gatchel listed first.
- Lilly Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Ranger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Leopold
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Bristow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Apalona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Huffman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huffman is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Tell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Branchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Dexter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Celina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Celina is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
- Cannelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skillman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Skillman is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gatchel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gatchel.
Newspapers Published in Gatchel ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gatchel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gatchel, 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 Gatchel.
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 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 Gatchel:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Harrison County
- Orange County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Hancock County
- Meade County
- Ohio 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> | 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 Gatchel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Gatchel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |