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 Jefferson (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 Jefferson. 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 and 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.
Jefferson is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Boone, Carroll, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Jefferson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jefferson:
- Clinton County (The home county of Jefferson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Manson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Frankfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Cambria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reagan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Boyleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Michigantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sedalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Edna Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Benton County
- Otterbein
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Thorntown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Hazelrigg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Stringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Elizaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Northfield Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Advance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Gadsden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Whitestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Zionsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Prince William
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Owasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Pyrmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Cutler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Ockley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Bringhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Burlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flora
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Delphi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Camden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Deer Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Young America
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Deacon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Galveston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Roberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Sheridan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ekin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ekin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin
- Bakers Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Eagletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Hortonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Atlanta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Lizton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pittsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Shanghai
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Judson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- West Middleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Indian Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Kokomo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Marion County
- Traders Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Bowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Darlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Shannondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Cherry Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Smartsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Mace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- New Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Ross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crawfordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Wingate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Putnam County
- Barnard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gladens Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Buck Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Romney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Delp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Elston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Americus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Kempton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Groomsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Goldsmith
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- East Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Sharpsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tipton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Green Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Springboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jefferson, see our County-by-County Page for Jefferson.
Cemeteries Near Jefferson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jefferson.
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 Jefferson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jefferson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Jefferson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bunnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Manson Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Manson.
- Bennett Easterly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbot Cemetery
- The Abbot Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbot - Fickle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84135 <2>
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shilo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loveless Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Kilmore UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmore UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kilmore UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Frankfort.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #553744 <2>
- Holladay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarks Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Hill Cemetery
- The Clarks Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Clarksville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84635 <2>
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 in 1895, Jefferson had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Manson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Fickle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Frankfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Moran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moran is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Rossville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cyclone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cyclone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Beard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Stockwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Thorntown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jefferson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jefferson.
Newspapers Published in Jefferson ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jefferson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jefferson, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jefferson.
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 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 Jefferson:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fountain County
- Hamilton County
- Hendricks County
- Howard County
- Marion County
- Montgomery County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton County
- Warren County
- White 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> | 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- Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jefferson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |