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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Highland is located in Vermillion 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 Vermillion County: Edgar (IL), Vermilion (IL), Fountain, Parke, Vigo & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
- Vermillion County (The home county of Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Hillsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Summit Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Dana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Saint Bernice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cayuga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blanford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Eugene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Perth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Lena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Bee Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Benwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Billtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Cloverland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Brazil
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Turner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Billville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Kingman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harveysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Layton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Veedersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Mellott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Waveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alamo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Waynetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Yountsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- North Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Montezuma
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Armiesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Mecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Bloomingdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Annapolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Billie Creek Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Nyesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Numa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- West Atherton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Portland Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Russellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Blakesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Reelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Shepardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- New Goshen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Sandcut
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Fontanet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- Burnett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- North Terre Haute
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Spelterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Terre Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Foster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Farrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Raven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Kidley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Clays Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Logan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scottland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Huffmanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Chrisman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vermilion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Vermilion Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Busenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Indianola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Archie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Tilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Sidell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland.
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
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 Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dinsmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Armiesburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollingsworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bogart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helts Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arabia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Carmack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wimsett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bales Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Highland had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Montezuma
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Armiesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Summit Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- West Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Mecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Coloma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coloma is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Dana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Toronto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Toronto is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Leatherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Illiana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Raven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Kidley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Saint Bernice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Bloomingdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland.
Newspapers Published in Highland ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Highland:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vermillion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Vigo County
- Warren County
- Clark 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> | 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 Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |