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 Marshfield (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 Marshfield. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Marshfield is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Marshfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marshfield:
- Warren County (The home county of Marshfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Old Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- West Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Hedrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Ambia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Freeland Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Otterbein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Earl Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Layton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Harveysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Wingate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Alamo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Cherry Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Linden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yountsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Grange Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- West Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Annapolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bloomingdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Rileysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Tree Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eugene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Penfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Royal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Ogden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Homer is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Gifford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Wellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Goodwine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Claytonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Illiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Bismarck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Newell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Henning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Rossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Hillery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Belgium
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marshfield, see our County-by-County Page for Marshfield.
Cemeteries Near Marshfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshfield.
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 Marshfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marshfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Redwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <2>
- Gopher Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mosonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Huffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Marshfield had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marshfield, with the one closest to Marshfield listed first.
- Johnsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- West Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Hedrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- State Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Thomas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Fountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bismarck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Newell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newell
- Newell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Carbondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Alvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Rileysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marshfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marshfield.
Newspapers Published in Marshfield ...
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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marshfield, 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 Marshfield.
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 websites either 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 Marshfield:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Champaign County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Marshfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marshfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |