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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 Luray (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 Luray. 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 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.

Luray is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Madison, Randolph, Rush & Wayne.

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

  • Henry County     (The home county of Luray)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Springport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Summit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Blountsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Blountsville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Foley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Messick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mooreland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Castle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Middletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cadiz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Millville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Corwin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Greensboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Blackford County
  • Delaware County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Bentonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bentonville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
    • Fairview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Fairview is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Harrisburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Matthews
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Matthews is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
    • Fowlerton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fowlerton is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Upland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rigdon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamilton County
  • Hancock County
  • Jay County
  • Kosciusko County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Chesterfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Markleville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Glyn Ellen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Anderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • North Anderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Prosperity
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Club Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Western Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Western Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
    • Edgewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Edgewood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
    • Florida
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • River Forest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • River Forest is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Edgewood Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
  • Randolph County
  • Rush County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Franklin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hagerstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Economy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dublin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cambridge City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Auburn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Williamsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • East Germantown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • East Germantown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Greens Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Milton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pennville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
    • Fountain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Webster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Webster is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
  • Darke County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Luray, with the one closest to Luray listed first.
    • Long
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hollansburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people

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

Cemeteries Near Luray ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Luray.

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 Luray - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Luray had a population of 54 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Oakville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Springport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cowan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rogersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogersville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Mount Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • New Burlington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Burlington is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
  • Honey Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Honey Creek is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Sulphur Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Blountsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Blountsville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Messick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mooreland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cross Roads is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Luray ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Luray.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Luray, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Luray.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Luray:

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 Luray, 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 from Point A (ie- Luray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.