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 Johnstown (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 Johnstown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Johnstown 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 Johnstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnstown:
- Greene County (The home county of Johnstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Worthington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Elliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jasonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Midland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Newark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Hoosier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Linton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Howesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Coalmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Bowling Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Saline City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Center Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Art
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Cory
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Poland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Prairie City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Roadman Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Billville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Elnora
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Odon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Capehart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Sandborn
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Oaktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Popcorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Silverville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Guthrie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Fayetteville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Crane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burns City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Stanford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Ellettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stinesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Highland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Dolan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Paragon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Arney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Denmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Patricksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Cuba
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gosport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Putnamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Dugger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Hymera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Scotchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Farmersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scott City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Lewis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Riley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pimento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Grange Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Youngstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Swalls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Seelyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Prairie Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairieton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Terre Haute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Burnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnstown, see our County-by-County Page for Johnstown.
Cemeteries Near Johnstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnstown.
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 Johnstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Barton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Steward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scafford Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Neihart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Dixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Johnstown had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Hubbell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hubbell is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
- Worthington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daggett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Daggett is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Rincon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rincon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Arney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Dixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Calvertville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Farmers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farmers is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Howesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Tulip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Switz City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Vilas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vilas is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnstown.
Newspapers Published in Johnstown ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnstown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Johnstown:
- 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
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | 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 Johnstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Johnstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |