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 McVille (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 McVille. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
McVille is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Davies's, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near McVille. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McVille:
- Greene County (The home county of McVille)
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Hendricksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Newark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Solsberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tulip
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Calvertville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Koleen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Worthington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Owensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Elliston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Scotland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Helmsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Story
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Bowling Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Clay City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Howesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Eel River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Poland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Coalmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Roadman Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Art
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Prairie City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Cory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Odon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Norman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Knox County
- Sandborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Popcorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Guthrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Silverville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Fayetteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Oolitic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Heltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Crane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burns City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Stanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Highland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Stinesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Harrodsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Unionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Paragon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Plano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Mahalasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Eminence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Martinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Morgantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Gosport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Patricksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Atkinsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Denmark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Putnamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Reelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Dugger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gambill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Hymera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Vigo County
- Lewis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McVille, see our County-by-County Page for McVille.
Cemeteries Near McVille ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McVille.
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 McVille - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McVille covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Livingston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hudson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitehall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Livingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Livingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pryor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Philpot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (355 more) ...
- Solsberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Freedom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84144 <2>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McVille had a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McVille, with the one closest to McVille listed first.
- Hendricksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Freeman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Newark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Whitehall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Solsberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adel is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
- Stanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Vilas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vilas is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Ellettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farmers is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Calvertville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Tanner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tanner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McVille. See our List of 1890's Communities around McVille.
Newspapers Published in McVille ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around McVille.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McVille, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McVille.
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 professional and volunteer 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 McVille:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Jackson County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- McVille) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 McVille, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |