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 Lexington (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 Lexington. 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 and doctors 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.
Lexington is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cass, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe & White.
Below are the counties that are near Lexington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lexington:
- Carroll County (The home county of Lexington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Cutler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Prince William
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bringhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ockley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Owasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Radnor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Camden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Deer Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Delphi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Pike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Elizaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Thorntown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stringtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Hazelrigg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Northfield Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gadsden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Young America
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Deacon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Clymers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Galveston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Lake Cicott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Logansport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Onward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- New Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Hoover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Geetingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Sedalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Middlefork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Beard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Rossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Edna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Michigantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Boyleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Ekin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ekin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Shanghai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Judson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Russiaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Alto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Kokomo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Indian Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Oakford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Hemlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Vermont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Miami
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Loree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- North Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shannondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Cherry Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Americus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Delp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Battle Ground
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clarks Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stockwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Lafayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Gladens Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Elston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Groomsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Kempton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Sharpsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Goldsmith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- East Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Tipton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hobbs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Springboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Burnettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Brookston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Chalmers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lexington, see our County-by-County Page for Lexington.
Cemeteries Near Lexington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lexington.
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 Lexington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lexington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Hye Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Chaney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burlington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Burlington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84496 <2>
- Hufford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hufford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Latshaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Prophet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Lexington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lexington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Cutler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Sedalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Moran
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Bringhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Middlefork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Cambria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Ockley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Owasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Shanghai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Radnor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lexington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lexington.
Newspapers Published in Lexington ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lexington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lexington, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lexington.
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 Lexington:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Hamilton County
- Howard County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton County
- White 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 Lexington, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lexington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |