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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 Leesville (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 Leesville. 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 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 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.

Leesville is located in Lawrence County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lawrence County: Greene, Jackson, Martin, Monroe, Orange & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Leesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leesville:

  • Lawrence County     (The home county of Leesville)
  • Bartholomew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • North Ogilville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
      • Jonesville is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <3>
    • Stony Lonesome
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethel Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
      • Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
    • Garden City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
  • Brown County
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • Owensburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Hendricksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Solsberry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Koleen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Koleen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
      • Koleen is located in Greene County
  • Jackson County
  • Jennings County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • Mount Olive
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lacy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shoals
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
      • Shoals is located in Martin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoals <3>
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • Harrodsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrodsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
      • Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Smithville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirksville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
      • Kirksville is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kirksville
      • From Leesville to Kirksville
    • Bloomington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Unionville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Unionville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <3>
    • Highland Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Monroe County
    • Dolan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • Austin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Marshfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marshfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
      • Marshfield is located in Scott County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Marshfield
      • From Leesville to Marshfield
    • Scottsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsburg
      • Scottsburg is located in Scott County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottsburg <3>
    • Albion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.
    • Saltillo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
      • Saltillo is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Campbellsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kossuth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kossuth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
      • Kossuth is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kossuth
      • From Leesville to Kossuth
    • Plattsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Claysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claysville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
      • Claysville is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Claysville
      • From Leesville to Claysville
    • Smedley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smedley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
      • Smedley is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Smedley
      • From Leesville to Smedley
    • Salem
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Livonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Livonia is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Harristown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harristown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
      • Harristown is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harristown
      • From Leesville to Harristown
    • Little York
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little York have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Little York is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • South Boston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardinsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leesville, see our County-by-County Page for Leesville.

Cemeteries Near Leesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leesville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.

  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scott - Wray Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shoemaker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shoemaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shoemaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hinderlider Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hinderlider Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hinderlider Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sherril Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherril Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherril Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Starr Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starr Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dodd Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lanning Sput Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanning Sput Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lanning Sput Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clearspring Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crawford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (302 more) ...
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pollock Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pollock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pollock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Goss Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goss Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Leesville had a population of 190 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Leesville, with the one closest to Leesville listed first.

  • Fort Ritner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sparksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
    • Sparksville is located in Jackson County
  • Erie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Erie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Erie
    • From Leesville to Erie
  • Tunnelton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
    • Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
  • Medora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Zelma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Norman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Heltonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawswick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawswick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawswick
    • Shawswick is located in Lawrence County
  • Bono
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bono. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Bono is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bono
    • From Leesville to Bono
  • Vallonia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kurtz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Yockey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yockey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yockey
      • Yockey is located in Lawrence County
    • Yellowstone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
      • Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
    • Millport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
      • Millport is located in Washington County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leesville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Leesville ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leesville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Leesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Leesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Leesville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6> of Leesville.

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 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 Leesville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Leesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Leesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8457, Longitude: -86.2845    









 

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