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 Maltersville (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 Maltersville. 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 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.
Maltersville is located in Dubois 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 Dubois County: Crawford, Davies's, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Spencer & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Maltersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maltersville:
- Dubois County (The home county of Maltersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Anthony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Celestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kyana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Ireland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dubois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ferdinand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Birdseye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Holland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Riceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Taswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- English
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grantsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Sulphur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Carefree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Fredonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Alfordsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Cannelburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Dongola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mackey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Knox County
- Willis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Georgia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Windom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Loogootee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shoals
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- French Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Youngs Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Paoli
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Trotter Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Siberia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Bristow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Croix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Apalona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Ranger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Branchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Leopold
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Tell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Magnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Derby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Velpen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- White Sulphur Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Otwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Stendal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Whiteoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Algiers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Spurgeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Alford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Glezen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oakland City Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Mariah Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Meinrad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fulda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockport Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Clay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Gentryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kercheval
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Lamar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pigeon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Evanston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Heilman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Folsomville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Eames
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Tennyson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Gonia Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Graham Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Lynnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- Chenaultt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Hancock County (KY)
- Lewisport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Meade County (KY)
- Roberta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maltersville, see our County-by-County Page for Maltersville.
Cemeteries Near Maltersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maltersville.
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 Maltersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maltersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Main Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bretzville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979985 <2>
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilhoit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dillin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McKee Ditch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dungan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Mayo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cavender Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Maltersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maltersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maltersville, with the one closest to Maltersville listed first.
- Bretzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bretzville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretzville
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anthony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Celestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Duff is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Schnellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Ireland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ferdinand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saint Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Henry is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Henry
- Mentor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mentor is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Kellerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kellerville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maltersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maltersville.
Newspapers Published in Maltersville ...
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 Maltersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maltersville, 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 Maltersville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Maltersville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Dubois County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Breckinridge County
- Hancock County
- Meade 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 Maltersville, 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' (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- Maltersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |