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 Koleen (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 Koleen. 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.
Koleen 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 Koleen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Koleen:
- Greene County (The home county of Koleen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Mineral City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Solsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Tulip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Calvertville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Newberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Newark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Switz City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Howesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coalmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Eel River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Odon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Jackson County
- Norman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Sandborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bicknell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Popcorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Silverville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Avoca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Judah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Williams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Guthrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Oolitic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Crane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burns City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lacy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Stanford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Harrodsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Bloomington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Dolan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Freedom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coal City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Gosport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Atkinsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Cuba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Gambill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Hymera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Vigo County
- Lewis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Koleen, see our County-by-County Page for Koleen.
Cemeteries Near Koleen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Koleen.
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 Koleen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Koleen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Howell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hasler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ashcraft Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smith - Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith - Bethel Cemetery
- The Smith - Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86940 <2>
- Duke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Casad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dowden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Beech Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Koleen had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Koleen, with the one closest to Koleen listed first.
- Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Mineral City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Owensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Hobbieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hobbieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbieville
- Cincinnati
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cincinnati is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Tulip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Solsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Popcorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Newberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Burns City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Koleen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Koleen.
Newspapers Published in Koleen ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Koleen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Koleen, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Koleen.
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 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 Koleen:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Jackson County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Owen 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> | 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 Koleen, 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- Koleen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |