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 Hitchcock (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 Hitchcock. 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.
Hitchcock is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence, Orange & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Hitchcock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hitchcock:
- Washington County (The home county of Hitchcock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Smedley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Campbellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Plattsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Harristown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Livonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- South Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- New Pekin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Hardinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brown County
- Becks Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Borden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Broom Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Underwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- Starlight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Bennettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slatecut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Otisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otisco is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Sellersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Speed
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Speed is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- English
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carefree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Grantsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Taswell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Hillham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Galena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Floyds Knobs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Depauw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Ramsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Frenchtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- New Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Corydon Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- Crandall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Corydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Medora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Vallonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brownstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crothersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dudleytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- New Elizabethtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Retreat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Kurtz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Freetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Kriete Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Jefferson County
- Deputy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Fort Ritner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Stonington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Tunnelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Lawrenceport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Leesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Spring Mill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crawford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Erie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Zelma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Hartleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Georgia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Martin County
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Bromer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Leipsic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Trotter Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Chambersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Orleans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Paoli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Youngs Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Abydel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- French Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Austin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Scottsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Albion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Blocher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hitchcock, see our County-by-County Page for Hitchcock.
Cemeteries Near Hitchcock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hitchcock.
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 Hitchcock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hitchcock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- New Philadelphia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Smedley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coggswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blue River Hicksite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridlen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peugh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River Friends Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue River Friends Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Salem.
- The Blue River Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blue River Orthodox Friends Cemetery
- Blue River Quaker Orthodox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987469 <3>
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Winslow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hitchcock had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hitchcock, with the one closest to Hitchcock listed first.
- Smedley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Rush Creek Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Campbellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Canton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Livonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Harristown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Bromer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Millport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millport is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Sparksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sparksville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farabee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farabee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farabee
- South Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- New Philadelphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Philadelphia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hitchcock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hitchcock.
Newspapers Published in Hitchcock ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hitchcock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hitchcock, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hitchcock.
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 Hitchcock:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Scott 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hitchcock) 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 Hitchcock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |