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 Hartwell (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 Hartwell. 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.
Hartwell is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Hartwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartwell:
- Pike County (The home county of Hartwell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Velpen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Winslow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stendal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Whiteoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- White Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spurgeon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Oakland City Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Otwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Algiers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Alford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Riceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Alfordsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Zoar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ireland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ferdinand
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Haysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Saint Anthony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kyana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Celestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dubois
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Dongola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mackey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Francisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Douglas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Giro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Warrenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fort Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haubstadt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Willis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Decker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Wheatland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Beal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Windom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Siberia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Bristow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Troy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Posey County
- Cynthiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Gentryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mariah Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Clay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Santa Claus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Chrisney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lamar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Daylight
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Stacer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Inglefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCutchanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Darmstadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Melody Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Smythe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Armstrong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Lynnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heilman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Graham Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Tennyson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eames
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Wheatonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- De Gonia Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Elberfeld
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chandler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Hancock County (KY)
- Lewisport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartwell, see our County-by-County Page for Hartwell.
Cemeteries Near Hartwell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartwell.
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 Hartwell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Barre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Corn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bruster Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beadles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Log Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Creek Cemetery
- The Log Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Log Creek Church Cemetery
- Log Creek General Baptist Church Cemetery
- South Fork Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993712 <2>
- Risley 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hartwell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartwell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartwell, with the one closest to Hartwell listed first.
- Augusta
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Augusta is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Pikeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pikeville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Survant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
- Arthur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Stendal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Winslow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Velpen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Ayrshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ayrshire is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayrshire
- Spurgeon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Littles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
- Scalesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scalesville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Duff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Duff is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Selvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Selvin is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selvin
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartwell.
Newspapers Published in Hartwell ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartwell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartwell, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartwell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hartwell:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Perry County
- Posey County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Hancock 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 Hartwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Hartwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |