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 Graham (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 Graham. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Graham 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 Graham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Graham:
- Fountain County (The home county of Graham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Mellott
(2 miles [3.2 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Newtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Veedersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Kingman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Otterbein
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Talbot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Ambia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Colfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Mulberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Wingate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Alamo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Yountsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Cherry Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crawfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- New Market
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Grange Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Annapolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Marshall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Bloomingdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Guion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- West Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nyesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Montezuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bellmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Billie Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Portland Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Blakesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Roachdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland
(18 miles [29 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
- Gladens Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Elston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Montmorenci
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Stockwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Tree Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Perrysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Dana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Foster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- State Line City
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Green Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hedrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Edgar County (IL)
- Raven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Illiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Meeks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Bismarck
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Tilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Alvin
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Belgium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillery
(26 miles [41.8 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 Graham, see our County-by-County Page for Graham.
Cemeteries Near Graham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Graham.
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 Graham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Graham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Christian Cemetery
- The Union Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Fork Coal Creek Cemetery
- Union Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986970 <2>
- Rock Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Short Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hodson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonebrake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Turkey Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Graham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Graham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Graham, with the one closest to Graham listed first.
- Mellott
(2 miles [3.2 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aylesworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Rob Roy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Wingate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Layton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Steam Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Steam Corner is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corner
- Waynetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Yeddo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yeddo is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeddo
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Graham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Graham.
Newspapers Published in Graham ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Graham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Graham, 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 Graham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Graham:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Clinton County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Edgar 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 '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- Graham) 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 Graham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |