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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 Grammer (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 Grammer. 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 hospitals and 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.

Grammer is located in Bartholomew County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties 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 Grammer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grammer:

  • Bartholomew County     (The home county of Grammer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Elizabethtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jewell Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
      • Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
    • Petersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hope
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rugby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rugby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
      • Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rugby
      • From Grammer to Rugby
    • Columbus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jonesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
      • Jonesville is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <2>
    • Bethel Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
      • Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
    • Clifford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Garden City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
    • Corn Brook
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Ogilville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Brown County
  • Decatur County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Enochsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enochsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
      • Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
    • Oldenburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldenburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenburg
      • Oldenburg is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oldenburg <2>
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Dupont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupont <2>
    • Middlefork
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middlefork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
      • Middlefork is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Middlefork
      • From Grammer to Middlefork
    • Deputy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deputy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deputy
      • Deputy is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deputy <2>
    • Bryantsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryantsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
      • Bryantsburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bryantsburg
      • From Grammer to Bryantsburg
    • Smyrna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Kent is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kent
      • From Grammer to Kent
    • Canaan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jennings County
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Edinburgh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Amity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Nineveh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Princes Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princes Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
      • Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
    • Peoga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peoga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
      • Peoga is located in Johnson County
    • Franklin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Needham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
      • Needham is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needham <2>
    • Trafalgar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Urmeyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Samaria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ripley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Holton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
      • Holton is located in Ripley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holton <2>
    • Napoleon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Otter Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
      • Otter Village is located in Ripley County
    • Osgood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osgood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Osgood is located in Ripley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osgood <2>
    • Versailles
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Delaware
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lookout
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Batesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pierceville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Morris
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
      • Morris is located in Ripley County
  • Rush County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Moscow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Williamstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
      • Williamstown is located in Rush County
    • Gowdy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Milroy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
      • Milroy is located in Rush County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milroy <2>
    • Manilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Homer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Scott County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.
    • Norristown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flat Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Flat Rock is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <2>
    • Geneva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Mount Auburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilson Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Waldron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Prescott
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prescott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Prescott is located in Shelby County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Prescott
      • From Grammer to Prescott
    • Riley Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
      • Riley Village is located in Shelby County
    • Blue Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Shelbyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
      • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <2>
    • Beech Brook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hildebrand Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hildebrand Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
      • Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
    • Rays Crossing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grammer, see our County-by-County Page for Grammer.

Cemeteries Near Grammer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grammer.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grammer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.

  • Parkison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wynn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wynn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Sand Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Sand Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Sand Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Donaldson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cave Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cave Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cave Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Henry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shirk Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shirk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Newsom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (332 more) ...

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.<5>

While we didn't find Grammer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grammer.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grammer, with the one closest to Grammer listed first.

  • Burnsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
    • Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
  • Alert
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Waynesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
    • Waynesburg is located in Decatur County
  • Newbern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbern have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
    • Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
  • Scipio
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sardinia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Azalia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Azalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
    • Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
  • Queensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Queensville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
    • Queensville is located in Jennings County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Queensville
    • From Grammer to Queensville
  • Brewersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
    • Brewersville is located in Jennings County
  • Harper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Decatur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Harper
    • From Grammer to Harper
  • Petersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Westport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hartsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Waynesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
      • Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grammer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grammer.

Newspapers Published in Grammer ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grammer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grammer, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grammer.

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 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 Grammer:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grammer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bartholomew County: www.bartholomewco.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Grammer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grammer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grammer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1528, Longitude: -85.7245    









 

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