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 Kirkpatrick (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 Kirkpatrick. 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 hospitals 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.
Kirkpatrick is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Kirkpatrick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirkpatrick:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Kirkpatrick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Cherry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crawfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Shannondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Mace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Wesley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Wingate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Otterbein
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Thorntown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Pike
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Northfield Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elizaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Gadsden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Whitestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Pyrmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Prince William
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Ockley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Cutler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Bringhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Delphi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Flora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Manson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Edna Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Frankfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Rossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sedalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Beard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Boyleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Roberts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Mellott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Newtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wallace
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Layton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Harveysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- North Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lizton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard County
- Shanghai
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Grange Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Guion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Roachdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barnard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Blakesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Bainbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Gladens Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Clarks Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Dayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shadeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Odell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Green Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Williamsport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Springboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirkpatrick, see our County-by-County Page for Kirkpatrick.
Cemeteries Near Kirkpatrick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirkpatrick.
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 Kirkpatrick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirkpatrick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yorktown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stingley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Conarroe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Joe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clouser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Killen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Kirkpatrick had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirkpatrick, with the one closest to Kirkpatrick listed first.
- Linden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clarks Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Romney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Bowers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Stockwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- South Raub
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Raub is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Raub
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Crawfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Taylor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirkpatrick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirkpatrick.
Newspapers Published in Kirkpatrick ...
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 Kirkpatrick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirkpatrick, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirkpatrick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kirkpatrick:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Hendricks County
- Howard County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe 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> | 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 Kirkpatrick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kirkpatrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |