RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> Madison County >> Ingalls >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Ingalls (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 Ingalls. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Ingalls is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry & Tipton.

Below are the counties that are near Ingalls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ingalls:

  • Madison County     (The home county of Ingalls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.
    • Pendleton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lapel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lapel is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapel <1>
    • Fishersburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Fishersburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
    • Markleville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Edgewood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Edgewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Edgewood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
    • River Forest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • River Forest is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Anderson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Western Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Western Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
    • Country Club Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Glyn Ellen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.
    • Eagle Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Eagle Village is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
    • Zionsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gadsden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Whitestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Delaware County
  • Grant County
  • Hamilton County
  • Hancock County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.
    • Kennard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Kennard is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Middletown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grant City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cadiz
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Greensboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Knightstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Ogden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Spiceland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Foley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Mount Summit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Dunreith
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.
    • Rocklane
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocklane is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
    • Greenwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Needham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Kosciusko County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.
    • Lawrence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Castleton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cumberland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Warren Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Warren Park is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
    • Williams Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Williams Creek is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Meridian Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Meridian Hills is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Crows Nest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Crows Nest is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • North Crows Nest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • North Crows Nest is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Charlesmac Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
    • Rocky Ripple
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
    • Acton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Beech Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rush County
  • Shelby County
  • Tipton County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ingalls, see our County-by-County Page for Ingalls.

Cemeteries Near Ingalls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ingalls.

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 Ingalls - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ingalls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.

  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Wynn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Crosley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Doty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Caudell - Simmons - Cook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Grave Lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hiday Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fausset Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Olvey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (399 more) ...
    • Chappell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bunker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Nicholson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Ingalls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ingalls.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ingalls, with the one closest to Ingalls listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ingalls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ingalls.

Newspapers Published in Ingalls ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ingalls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ingalls, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ingalls.

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 Ingalls:

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 Ingalls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Ingalls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.