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 Klondyke (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 Klondyke. 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.
Klondyke is located in Vermillion 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 Vermillion County: Edgar (IL), Vermilion (IL), Fountain, Parke, Vigo & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Klondyke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klondyke:
- Vermillion County (The home county of Klondyke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Sandytown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Fairview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Universal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Summit Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Blanford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Saint Bernice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Alta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Perth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Cloverland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Bee Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Billtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Carbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Lena
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Benwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Staunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Turner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Brazil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Billville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Harveysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wallace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Waveland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Numa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- West Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Armiesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Billie Creek Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Bloomingdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Annapolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Portland Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Reelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Blakesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Limedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- Farmersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Shepardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- New Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Libertyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Pine Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sandcut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Spelterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Terre Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- North Terre Haute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Barnhart Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burnett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Farrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clark Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Cleone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Douglas County (IL)
- Newman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Clays Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Huffmanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kidley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Kentucky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scottland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Elbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Nevins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Vermilion Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Indianola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Archie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Busenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Busenville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busenville
- Sidell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Klondyke, see our County-by-County Page for Klondyke.
Cemeteries Near Klondyke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klondyke.
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 Klondyke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klondyke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spangler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gorton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Higbie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helts Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shirley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stults Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bruce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Klondyke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Klondyke.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Klondyke, with the one closest to Klondyke listed first.
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hudnut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hudnut is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudnut
- Summit Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Saint Bernice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Libertyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- New Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Clays Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Tecumseh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tecumseh is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Coxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coxville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Armiesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kidley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Toronto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toronto is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klondyke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klondyke.
Newspapers Published in Klondyke ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klondyke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klondyke, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Klondyke.
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 Klondyke:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vermillion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Douglas County
- Edgar 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> | 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 Klondyke, 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- Klondyke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |