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 Lanam (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 Lanam. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lanam is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Lanam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanam:
- Brown County (The home county of Lanam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Helmsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Gnaw Bone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Mount Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Story
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Corn Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Pleasant View Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Garden City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clifford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jewell Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Jonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Elizabethtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Hendricksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Owensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Hendricks County
- Hazelwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Norman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Cortland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Brownstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Medora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Vallonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Peoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Samaria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Princes Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Anita ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Nineveh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Banta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Edinburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Bargersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Zelma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Guthrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Heltonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Judah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Erie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Oolitic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Leesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Camby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stinesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Harrodsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Mahalasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Morgantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Paragon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilbur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Brookmoor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Lewisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Plano
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Gosport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Quincy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Freedom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Atkinsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Putnam County
- Belle Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanam, see our County-by-County Page for Lanam.
Cemeteries Near Lanam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanam.
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 Lanam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Lanam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- South View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- David Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stepp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <2>
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pittman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Zion Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boles - Williams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Lanam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanam.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanam, with the one closest to Lanam listed first.
- Needmore
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fleener
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Mahalasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Morgantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Story
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Mount Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pikes Peak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Christiansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Samaria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanam.
Newspapers Published in Lanam ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanam, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanam.
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 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 Lanam:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Shelby 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> | 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- Lanam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lanam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |