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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Johnstown is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & 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:
- Knox County (The home county of Johnstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Bicknell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ragsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Westphalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Howesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Capehart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Sandy Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Odon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Alfordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Portersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Giro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Patoka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Oakland City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- White Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Island City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Newberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoosier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Plummer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Gilmour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Elliston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Loogootee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Highbank Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Glezen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Otwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Oatsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Whiteoak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland City Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Carlisle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Paxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Gambill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dugger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Merom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Shelburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hymera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Heathsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Villas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- New Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Hutsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Russellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Billett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Birds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Francisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Allendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Orio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Patton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
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.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McClure Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Root Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <3>
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Threlkeld Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Light Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ocheltree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Hoke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fritchton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Johnstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Bicknell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bruceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Emison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emison is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emison
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Westphalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oaktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Thomas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
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 130 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. 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 first turn to 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 Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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' 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'. |
| <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 Johnstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |