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 Idaville (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 Idaville. 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 and 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.
Idaville is located in White 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 White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Idaville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Idaville:
- White County (The home county of Idaville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Burnettsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sitka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Indiana Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Monticello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Norway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Headlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Reynolds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Springboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton County
- Otterbein
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Yeoman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Rockfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Delphi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Radnor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Bringhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Ockley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Cutler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Royal Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Logansport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Deacon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Walton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hoover
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Edna Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Middlefork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Beard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Mulberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Grass Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Cassville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Russiaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Remington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Gifford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Mexico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miami
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Macy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Thornhope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Francesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winamac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Medaryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Monterey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Ora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Aldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Americus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Battle Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Idaville, see our County-by-County Page for Idaville.
Cemeteries Near Idaville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Idaville.
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 Idaville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Idaville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- State View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leazenby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seceder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burnettsville Cemetery
- Winegardner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84810 <2>
- River View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cutler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Warden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Great Eastern Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Yeoman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bostetter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Idaville had a population of 450 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Idaville, with the one closest to Idaville listed first.
- Burnettsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Patton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Sitka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Monticello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yeoman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sleeth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
- Rockfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Headlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Guernsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Royal Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smithson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Idaville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Idaville.
Newspapers Published in Idaville ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Idaville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Idaville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Idaville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Idaville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe 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 Idaville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Idaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |