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 Lettsville (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 Lettsville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Lettsville is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Lettsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lettsville:
- Davies's County (The home county of Lettsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Graham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sandy Hook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Elnora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Odon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Portersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Giro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Dongola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Hazleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Patoka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Newberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scotland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Island City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Linton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White Rose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Plummer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Hoosier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Koleen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Edwardsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Ragsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sandborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Freelandville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Monroe City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Bruceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fritchton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Busseron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Williams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Silverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Loogootee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Highbank Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Alford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Otwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glezen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Whiteoak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- White Sulphur Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oatsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Velpen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Oakland City Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Dugger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Heathsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Billett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Birds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Francisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lettsville, see our County-by-County Page for Lettsville.
Cemeteries Near Lettsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lettsville.
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 Lettsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lettsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colbert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McClure Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Veale Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <2>
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lettsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lettsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lettsville, with the one closest to Lettsville listed first.
- Graham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Jordan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Maysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Thomas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Epsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Edwardsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bicknell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lettsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lettsville.
Newspapers Published in Lettsville ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lettsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lettsville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lettsville.
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 Lettsville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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 Lettsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lettsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |