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 Marrs Center (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 Marrs Center. 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 Marrs Center ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Marrs Center: Marrs Ctr. (or less commonly used: Marrs Cen., Marrs Cent. or Marrs Cntr.)
- You might see Marrs Centre instead of Marrs Center.
- While the name of this community is Marrs Center, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Marrs Center may originally have been Marr's Center.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Marrs Center might be written as Marr Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Marrs Center is located in Posey 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 Posey County: Gallatin (IL), White (IL), White (IL), Gibson, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Henderson (KY) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Marrs Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marrs Center:
- Posey County (The home county of Marrs Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Caborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Bufkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hepburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Oliver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Blairsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Solitude
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Hovey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Saint Wendel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Wadesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Savah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Savah is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- New Harmony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Mounts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Haubstadt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Mackey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Kasson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Armstrong
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Martin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Darmstadt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Smythe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- McCutchanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Inglefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Stevenson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Newburgh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chandler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Elberfeld
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dayville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Wheatonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graham Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Lynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- New Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Inman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Old Shawneetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- Keensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Maunie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Phillipstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Emma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Herald
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Carmi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grayville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roland is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Stokes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Birk City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Curdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Saint Joseph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- West Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- White City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Smith Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baskett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Dixie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Spottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Niagara
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Niagara is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
- Reed
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reed is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Bluff City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Robards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carlinburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Hebbardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbardsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbardsville
- McLean County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Elba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in McLean County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beech Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Hitesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Uniontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flournoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Chapman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Breckinridge Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Morganfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Grangertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grangertown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangertown
- Sturgis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Poole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sebree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Free Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Free Union is located in Webster County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marrs Center, see our County-by-County Page for Marrs Center.
Cemeteries Near Marrs Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marrs Center.
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 Marrs Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marrs Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Calvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Samuel Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Downen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Putman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Cemetery
- The Bellefontaine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belfountain Cemetery
- Belle Fontaine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84299 <4>
- Clay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mesker Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Huber Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Higinbottom Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Marrs Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marrs Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marrs Center, with the one closest to Marrs Center listed first.
- Caborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Saint Philip
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Philip is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Philip
- West Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Franklin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
- Belknap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Lippe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lippe is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippe
- Bufkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Vaughan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Parkers Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Parkers Settlement is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Settlement
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hepburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Kasson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oliver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Farmersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Geneva is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marrs Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marrs Center.
Newspapers Published in Marrs Center ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marrs Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marrs Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marrs Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Marrs Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Posey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gibson County
- Spencer County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Gallatin County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- McLean County
- Union County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marrs Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Marrs Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |