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 Johnsonville (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 Johnsonville. 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.
Johnsonville is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Johnsonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnsonville:
- Warren County (The home county of Johnsonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- State Line City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Hedrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Foster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Pence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Ambia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Freeland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Atkinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Otterbein
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Layton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Stone Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Attica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Veedersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Harveysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Kingman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Wingate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Alamo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yountsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Grange Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- West Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Annapolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Odell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Westpoint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glenhall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Shadeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Rileysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Tree Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eugene
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Penfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Homer is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Gifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flatville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flatville is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Raven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Scottland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Chrisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Wellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Goodwine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Claytonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Illiana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Henning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Tilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Belgium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Rossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium Row
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium Row is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium Row
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnsonville, see our County-by-County Page for Johnsonville.
Cemeteries Near Johnsonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnsonville.
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 Johnsonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnsonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Gopher Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mosonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leonard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bryley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Johnsonville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnsonville, with the one closest to Johnsonville listed first.
- Marshfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- State Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Foster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Hedrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- West Newell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newell
- Newell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Alvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnsonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnsonville.
Newspapers Published in Johnsonville ...
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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnsonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnsonville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnsonville.
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 Johnsonville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Champaign County
- Edgar County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Johnsonville, 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' (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- Johnsonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |