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 Lyonsville (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 Lyonsville. 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.
Lyonsville is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County : Franklin , Henry , Rush , Union & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Lyonsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyonsville:
Fayette County (The home county of Lyonsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Springersville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Springersville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Connersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Everton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Nulltown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Harrisburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Alpine (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Fairview (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Orange (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Dearborn County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Lawrenceville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Saint Leon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
Logan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Logan is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan New Alsace (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
New Alsace is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace West Harrison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Clarksburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Saint Maurice (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Saint Maurice is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice Springhill ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Springhill is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill New Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Laurel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Metamora (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Bath (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Brookville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Andersonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Andersonville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Oak Forest (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Oak Tree Crossroads (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Mount Carmel (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Peoria (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Youngs Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner Cedar Grove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Straughn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Lewisville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Corwin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Corwin is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Millville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Dunreith (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Ogden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Spiceland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Messick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Messick is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick New Castle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Knightstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Randolph County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Arba (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Arba is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Bloomingport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Losantville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Modoc (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Modoc is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Lynn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Snow Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Snow Hill is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Spartanburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Spartanburg is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg Ripley County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Batesville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Morris (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Morris is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Penntown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Penntown is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Sunman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Falmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Glenwood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Gings (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Raleigh (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Mays (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Rushville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Milroy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Henderson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Williamstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Arlington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Carthage (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Gowdy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Brownsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Yankee Town is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Billingsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Goodwins Corner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner West College Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Contreras (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Beesons (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Beesons is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Abington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Milton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
East Germantown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Pennville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Pennville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Centerville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Boston (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Cambridge City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Dublin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Mount Auburn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
Richmond (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Spring Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Butler County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Contreras (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Oxford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Peoria (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Reily (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Reily is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Scipio (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Scipio is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Somerville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Saint Charles (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Auburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Hanover ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hanover is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Okeana (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Alert (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Alert is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert Darke County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Hollansburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
New Madison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Castine (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Castine is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Hamilton County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Shaker Village ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harrison (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Preble County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
College Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Corvin ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Corvin is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Morning Sun (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Lake Lakengren (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren New Paris (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
New Hope (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
New Hope is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Camden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Eaton (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
West Elkton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Eldorado (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Eldorado is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Gratis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
West Alexandria (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyonsville, see our County-by-County Page for Lyonsville .
Cemeteries Near Lyonsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyonsville.
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 Lyonsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyonsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Simpson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Springersville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Springsville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Burke Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Shrine of Memories Mausoleum (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Village Creek Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hanson - Crandel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Robinson Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mt. Garrison Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Waterloo Green Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Connersville City Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (344 more) ...
Parker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Smith Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Aldridge Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lyonsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lyonsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyonsville, with the one closest to Lyonsville listed first.
Alquina (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Alquina is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alquina Brownsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Dunlapsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Dunlapsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlapsville Clifton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Everton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nulltown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Abington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Harrisburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Columbia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Columbia is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Alpine (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Fairfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Fairfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Continue List (15 more) ...
Lotus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lotus is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Bentonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Blooming Grove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Blooming Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyonsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyonsville .
Newspapers Published in Lyonsville ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyonsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyonsville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lyonsville.
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 Lyonsville:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Fayette County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Dearborn County Decatur County Franklin County Henry County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Union County Wayne County Butler County Darke County Hamilton County Preble County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyonsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Lyonsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lyonsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.