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 Jonesville (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 Jonesville. 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.
Jonesville is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Jonesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jonesville:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Jonesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Bethel Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- North Ogilville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Jewell Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grammer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Petersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Corn Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Stony Lonesome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Newbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Clifford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Taylorsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Becks Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Pikes Peak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Mount Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Story
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Spearsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Helmsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Alert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Burney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Harris City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millhousen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millhousen is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhousen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Adams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Germantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Kriete Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Spraytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- New Elizabethtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Dudleytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Brownstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Retreat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Crothersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Deputy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Smyrna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Bryantsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bryantsburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Scipio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Queensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Grayford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Commiskey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Butlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Paris Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- San Jacinto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Zenas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Edinburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nineveh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Samaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Zelma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Heltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Ritner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Monroe County
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- Morgantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Albion
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Marshfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Scottsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blocher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Prescott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Little York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jonesville, see our County-by-County Page for Jonesville.
Cemeteries Near Jonesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jonesville.
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 Jonesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jonesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Glasson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daugherty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knabb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knabb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knabb Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Seymour.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316507 <3>
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Springer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209679 <3>
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Seymour.
- Wohrer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weddell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jonesville had a population of 266 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Jonesville had a population of 195 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jonesville, with the one closest to Jonesville listed first.
- Peters Switch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
- Reddington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reddington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddington
- Waynesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Azalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Rockford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Walesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Fleming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Waymansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Hayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Scipio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Spraytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Surprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surprise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jonesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jonesville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Jonesville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jonesville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Jonesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Jonesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Jonesville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> of Jonesville.
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 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 Jonesville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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 from Point A (ie- Jonesville) 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 Jonesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |