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 Hindostan (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 Hindostan. 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.
Hindostan is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Hindostan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hindostan:
- Orange County (The home county of Hindostan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Abydel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Orleans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- French Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paoli
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Mahan Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Youngs Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Bromer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Chambersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Trotter Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Taswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eckerty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- English
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Milltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- West Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Alfordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Odon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Elnora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Hillham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Celestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Portersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Birdseye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Ireland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anthony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Owensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Koleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Newberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Solsberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plummer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- Depauw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Medora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Vallonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Georgia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Huron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Spring Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Coxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Stonington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Fayetteville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Silverville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Lawrenceport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Lacy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Windom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burns City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Harrodsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Clear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Saint Croix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Siberia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Pike County
- Otwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Saltillo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Claysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Campbellsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Smedley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Plattsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hindostan, see our County-by-County Page for Hindostan.
Cemeteries Near Hindostan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hindostan.
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 Hindostan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hindostan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Brunner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grodey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Faucett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Georgia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Isom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little York Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Elliott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tincher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Hindostan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hindostan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hindostan, with the one closest to Hindostan listed first.
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Georgia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Huron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- West Baden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Willow Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- Bryantsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bryantsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsville
- French Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orleans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Lost River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lost River is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ironton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ironton is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Paoli
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hindostan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hindostan.
Newspapers Published in Hindostan ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hindostan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hindostan, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hindostan.
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 helpful 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 Hindostan:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Washington 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 Hindostan, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hindostan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |