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 Maysville (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 Maysville. 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 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.
Maysville is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Maysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maysville:
- Davies's County (The home county of Maysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Capehart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Montgomery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Plainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Alfordsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Elnora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Portersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Huntingburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Celestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Giro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Dongola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Hazleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Patoka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Newberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Island City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Scotland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Linton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White Rose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Plummer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Switz City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hoosier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Elliston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Ragsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Fritchton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Edwardsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Freelandville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Vincennes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Loogootee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windom
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Crane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Alford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Highbank Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Otwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glezen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Whiteoak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Winslow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Velpen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Carlisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Paxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Dugger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Heathsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Saint Francisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Allendale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Orio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maysville, see our County-by-County Page for Maysville.
Cemeteries Near Maysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maysville.
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 Maysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Colbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <2>
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Veale Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McClure Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freeland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Maysville had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Thomas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Pond Creek Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Monroe City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Cumback
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Black Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
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- Bicknell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cornettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maysville.
Newspapers Published in Maysville ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maysville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maysville.
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 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 Maysville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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 Maysville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |