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 Georgetown (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 Georgetown. 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.
Georgetown is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Carroll, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Pulaski & White.
Below are the counties that are near Georgetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Georgetown:
- Cass County (The home county of Georgetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Clymers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Royal Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Deacon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Walton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Young America
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Hoover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Burrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Yeoman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Flora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Pittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Radnor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cutler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Geetingsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Edna Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Middlefork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Beard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Mulberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Michigantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Grass Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Judson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Cassville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Russiaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Middleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Kokomo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Indian Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Vermont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Bunker Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Miami
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Peru
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Loree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Deedsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Macy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- North Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Gilead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Thornhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Winamac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Francesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Monterey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Denham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Medaryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starke County
- Ora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Americus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Battle Ground
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delp
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wabash County
- Richvalley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Burnettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Headlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Sitka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Norway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Springboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Reynolds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brookston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Georgetown, see our County-by-County Page for Georgetown.
Cemeteries Near Georgetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georgetown.
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 Georgetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Georgetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Great Eastern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clymers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burnettsville Cemetery
- Winegardner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84810 <2>
- Seceder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shideler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mullendore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Parks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Georgetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Georgetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Clymers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Burrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Burnettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Rockfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Logansport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Royal Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Lucerne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Anoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Anoka is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Patton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Yeoman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Georgetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Georgetown.
Newspapers Published in Georgetown ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Georgetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georgetown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georgetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Georgetown:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Wabash County
- White 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 Georgetown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Georgetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |