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 Minshall (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 Minshall. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Minshall is located in Parke 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 Parke County: Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Putnam, Vermillion & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Minshall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minshall:
- Parke County (The home county of Minshall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Bridgeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Mansfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Billie Creek Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Ferndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Nyesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bellmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Numa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Armiesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- West Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Perth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Bee Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Benwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Billtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Cloverland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Brazil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Knightsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Kingman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Wallace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Veedersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Coatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- New Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Waveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Yountsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Ladoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waynetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wesley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Morgan County
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Atkinsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Patricksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Portland Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Reelsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Russellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Limedale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Greencastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blakesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Putnamville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Roachdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Sullivan County
- Farmersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summit Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Fairview Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Alta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Sandytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Universal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Saint Bernice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Dana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Newport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Fontanet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- Burnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Sandcut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Shepardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- Seelyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- North Terre Haute
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Spelterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Terre Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Glen Ayre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Swalls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- New Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Farrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Huffmanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kidley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Clays Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Raven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vermilion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kentucky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Scottland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Elbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Chrisman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Meeks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Olivet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minshall, see our County-by-County Page for Minshall.
Cemeteries Near Minshall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minshall.
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 Minshall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Minshall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brunot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Denman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clear Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orlea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cress Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Archer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sullian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Minshall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minshall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minshall, with the one closest to Minshall listed first.
- Catlin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Catlin is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Jessup
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jessup is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Bridgeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coxville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Fontanet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- Coal Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coal Bluff is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Bluff
- Perth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Mansfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leatherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Rockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Atherton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minshall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minshall.
Newspapers Published in Minshall ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minshall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minshall, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minshall.
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 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 Minshall:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Parke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Fountain County
- Hendricks County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Edgar 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> | 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 Minshall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Minshall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |