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 Hindustan (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 Hindustan. 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 doctors 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.
Hindustan is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Morgan & Owen.
Below are the counties that are near Hindustan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hindustan:
- Monroe County (The home county of Hindustan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Dolan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Highland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Clear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stanford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Harrodsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Pleasant View Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Corn Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Helmsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Gnaw Bone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Story
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Poland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Hendricksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Solsberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Koleen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Owensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Hazelwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Stilesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cartersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coatesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hadley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Reno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Norman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Anita ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Peoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Banta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Trafalgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Nineveh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bargersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Stones Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Guthrie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Popcorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Heltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Avoca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Zelma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Oolitic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Camby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Mahalasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Paragon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Wilbur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Plano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Bethany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Eminence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Brooklyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Gosport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Atkinsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Patricksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Belle Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Cloverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Putnamville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Fillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hindustan, see our County-by-County Page for Hindustan.
Cemeteries Near Hindustan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hindustan.
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 Hindustan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hindustan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stepp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sample Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sodom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Payne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- The Payne Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1661357 <2>
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elliott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (368 more) ...
- Stout Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friendship Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hynds Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hindustan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hindustan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hindustan, with the one closest to Hindustan listed first.
- Fleener
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hyndsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hyndsdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsdale
- Mahalasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Paragon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whitaker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gosport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeland
- Beanblossom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 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 Hindustan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hindustan.
Newspapers Published in Hindustan ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hindustan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hindustan, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hindustan.
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 Hindustan:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam 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 Hindustan, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hindustan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |