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 Larimer Hill (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 Larimer Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Larimer Hill is located in Vigo 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 Vigo County: Clark (IL), Edgar (IL), Clay, Parke, Sullivan & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Larimer Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Larimer Hill:
- Vigo County (The home county of Larimer Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Toad Hop
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Liggett
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- West Terre Haute
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Taylorville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barnhart Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Harrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Prairieton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Spelterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Terre Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- North Terre Haute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Cloverland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Billtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Cory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Staunton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Turner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Art
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bee Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Billville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Prairie City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Saline City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Perth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Jasonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Hoosier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Coal City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- West Atherton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Mecca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Bridgeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Montezuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Billie Creek Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Nyesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Putnam County
- Reelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Farmersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hymera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Graysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Merom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dugger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Universal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Saint Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Summit Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Alta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dana
(24 miles [38.6 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Farrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Snyder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Clark Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Clarksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cleone
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cleone is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Coles County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Ashmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- West York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Annapolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Elbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Kentucky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Huffmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Clays Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Conlogue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Kidley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Grandview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Larimer Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Larimer Hill.
Cemeteries Near Larimer Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Larimer Hill.
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 Larimer Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Larimer Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Bethesda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of West Terre Haute.
- The Bethesda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Memorial Park
- Bethesda UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959900 <3>
- Sheets Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Durham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highland Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Larimer Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Larimer Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Larimer Hill, with the one closest to Larimer Hill listed first.
- Terre Haute
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Farrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Prairieton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Sandford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Ferrel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Tecumseh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- McKeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKeen is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
- Markles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Markles is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markles
- New Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Swalls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Otter Creek Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Larimer Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Larimer Hill.
Newspapers Published in Larimer Hill ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Larimer Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Larimer Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Larimer Hill.
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 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 Larimer Hill:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Edgar 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Larimer Hill) 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 Larimer Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |