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 Iva (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 Iva. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Iva is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Iva. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iva:
- Pike County (The home county of Iva)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Highbank Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Otwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Algiers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Whiteoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Alford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- White Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Velpen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Glezen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oakland City Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stendal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Oatsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Riceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Alfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Portersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Huntingburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Celestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Kyana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Dongola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Giro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Mackey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Hazleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Douglas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Buckskin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Fort Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Newberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Scotland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Willis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Decker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Edwardsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Freelandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Lawrence County
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Loogootee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- French Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Perry County
- Siberia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mariah Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pigeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Rockport Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Saint Meinrad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Claus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kercheval
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Clay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Heilman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Lynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Folsomville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Graham Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Wheatonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Eames
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elberfeld
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Billett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iva, see our County-by-County Page for Iva.
Cemeteries Near Iva ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iva.
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 Iva - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iva covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Case Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Delectable Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delectable Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delectable Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Algiers.
- The Delectable Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bruler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2531721 <3>
- Logan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Arnold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Iva in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Iva.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iva, with the one closest to Iva listed first.
- Algiers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Cumback
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sandy Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Portersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Winslow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Survant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Survant is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Survant
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Thomas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Velpen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Alfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iva. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iva.
Newspapers Published in Iva ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iva.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iva, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iva.
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 Iva:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Warrick 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Iva) 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 Iva, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |