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 Green Meadows (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 Green Meadows. 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.
Name Variations for Green Meadows ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Meadows: Green Mdws.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Meadows. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Meadows.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Green Meadows is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Green Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Meadows:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Green Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- West Lafayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Montmorenci
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Glenhall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Battle Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Buck Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Otterbein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Atkinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wadena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Gravel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Talbot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Earl Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ambia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Freeland Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Boone County
- Thorntown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Pyrmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Ockley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Owasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Pittsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Radnor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Delphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Yeoman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bringhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Cutler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Flora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rockfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Edna Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Mulberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Cambria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Sedalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Colfax
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Geetingsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Frankfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Reagan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Middlefork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Roberts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Stone Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Veedersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- Remington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- New Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wingate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Bowers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Waynetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Wesley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Crawfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Yountsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Mace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Newton County
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Green Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Pence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Brookston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Reynolds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Idaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Monon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burnettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sitka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Green Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Green Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Meadows.
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 Green Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- McCormick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand View Cemetery
- Tippecanoe Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Granville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spencer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lafayette.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86726 <3>
- Pierce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shambaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Durkee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Vale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Green Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Elston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Montmorenci
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Octagon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Octagon is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Shadeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Lafayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Glenhall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Taylor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Otterbein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Raub
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Raub is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Raub
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ash Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Grove is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Round Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Round Grove is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Roberts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Green Meadows ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Meadows, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Meadows.
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 Green Meadows:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Warren 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> | 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- Green Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Green Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |