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 Highbank Town (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 Highbank Town. 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 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.
Highbank Town 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 Highbank Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highbank Town:
- Pike County (The home county of Highbank Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Algiers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Alford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Whiteoak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- White Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glezen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Velpen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Oakland City Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Stendal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Crawford County
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Portersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Huntingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Celestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Kyana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Dongola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Giro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Francisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Douglas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Mackey
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Patoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Newberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Scotland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Willis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Decker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Edwardsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Freelandville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Lawrence County
- Huron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Loogootee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- French Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Perry County
- Siberia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mariah Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pigeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Rockport Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Saint Meinrad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Claus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Lynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heilman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Folsomville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Graham Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Wheatonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Tennyson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elberfeld
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eames
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Billett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- Allendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highbank Town, see our County-by-County Page for Highbank Town.
Cemeteries Near Highbank Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highbank Town.
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 Highbank Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highbank Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Logan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Case Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Delectable Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delectable Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delectable Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Algiers.
- The Delectable Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bruler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2531721 <3>
- Arnold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Old Town Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Highbank Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highbank Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highbank Town, with the one closest to Highbank Town listed first.
- Algiers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Cumback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Rogers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Otwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Thomas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Pond Creek Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Survant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Portersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Glezen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Littles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Littles is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highbank Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highbank Town.
Newspapers Published in Highbank Town ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highbank Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highbank Town, 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 Highbank Town.
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 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 Highbank Town:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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 '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- Highbank Town) 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 Highbank Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |