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 Lost River (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 Lost River. 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.
Name Variations for Lost River ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lost River: Lost Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lost River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lost River.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Lost River is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Lost River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lost River:
- Orange County (The home county of Lost River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Orleans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mahan Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Chambersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Abydel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Trotter Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Youngs Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- French Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Baden Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Borden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- English
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Taswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Eckerty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Riceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Carefree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Sulphur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- West Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Alfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Hillham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Celestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Birdseye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Haysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Kyana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Floyd County
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- Owensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Depauw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- New Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- Crandall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Medora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vallonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Brownstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Stonington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Georgia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Lawrenceport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Bono
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Tunnelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Hartleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Fort Ritner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Coxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Crawford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Lacy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Windom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burns City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Monroe County
- Harrodsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Saint Croix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Siberia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Saltillo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Smedley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Plattsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Harristown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- New Pekin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lost River, see our County-by-County Page for Lost River.
Cemeteries Near Lost River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lost River.
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 Lost River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lost River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Irvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Springer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paoli Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trimble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Burton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freedom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lost River had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
- Orleans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paoli
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Syria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Syria is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syria
- Stampers Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Abydel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Chambersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Bromer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Baden Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- French Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Georgia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lost River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lost River.
Newspapers Published in Lost River ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lost River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lost River, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lost River.
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 Lost River:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Washington 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 Lost River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Lost River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |