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 Ilene (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 Ilene. 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.
Ilene is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Davies's, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Ilene. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ilene:
- Greene County (The home county of Ilene)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Island City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Elliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Hoosier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Midland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Howesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Clay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eel River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Elnora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cannelburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Alfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Sandborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bicknell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Oaktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Busseron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bruceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Popcorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Silverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Williams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Coxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Judah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Crane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Loogootee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Shoals
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Stanford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Harrodsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Coal City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Arney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- Highbank Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Gambill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Hymera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Merom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Lewis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Heathsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Birds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ilene, see our County-by-County Page for Ilene.
Cemeteries Near Ilene ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ilene.
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 Ilene - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ilene covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Marco Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slinkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Delay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Slinkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Island City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bogard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (393 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Begeman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Ilene in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ilene.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ilene, with the one closest to Ilene listed first.
- Marco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Bushrod
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bushrod is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushrod
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Elnora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Island City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Newberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Westphalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ilene. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ilene.
Newspapers Published in Ilene ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ilene.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ilene, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ilene.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ilene:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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 Ilene, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ilene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |