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 Lowell (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 Lowell. 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 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.
Lowell is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Lowell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowell:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Lowell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Corn Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Taylorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Pleasant View Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Jewell Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Bethel Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Stony Lonesome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Spearsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Story
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Helmsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Alert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Burney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sardinia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Letts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Harper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Letts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Westport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Saint Omer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Spraytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Cortland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Fleming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Seymour
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Houston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Freetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kriete Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- New Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Kurtz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Brownstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Norman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vallonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Scipio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Butlerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Edinburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nineveh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Amity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Peoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Trafalgar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Samaria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Anita ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Urmeyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Needham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- Zelma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Acton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Homecroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Unionville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Morgantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red House ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Bethany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Moscow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Manilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Riley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Prescott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Boggstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Hildebrand Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowell, see our County-by-County Page for Lowell.
Cemeteries Near Lowell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowell.
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 Lowell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Christian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Corn Brook.
- The New Hope Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207028 <2>
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tannehill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lambert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schooler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Treadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Steenbarger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lawton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Lowell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lowell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Corn Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Taylorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Nortonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Edinburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Petersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Saint Louis Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Waynesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Newbern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lowell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowell.
Newspapers Published in Lowell ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowell, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowell.
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 Lowell:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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> | 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- Lowell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lowell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |