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 Monitor (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 Monitor. 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.
Monitor is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Monitor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monitor:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Monitor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Dayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Americus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Elston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- West Lafayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stockwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Otterbein
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Thorntown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Hazelrigg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Stringtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Elizaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Northfield Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Advance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Pyrmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Ockley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Prince William
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Cutler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Delphi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Bringhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Young America
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clymers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Deacon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Edna Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Fickle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Sedalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Manson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Beard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Roberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Attica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Shanghai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- West Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- New Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Darlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Wingate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shannondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Crawfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Mace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Groomsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Kempton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Green Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Springboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Reynolds
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Norway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Burnettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Indiana Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Wolcott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sitka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monitor, see our County-by-County Page for Monitor.
Cemeteries Near Monitor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monitor.
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 Monitor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monitor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Swank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyandot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Vale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Americus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Kenny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Monitor had a population of 106 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monitor, with the one closest to Monitor listed first.
- Pettit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Dayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Heath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heath is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Edna Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Buck Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Americus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Colburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colburn is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colburn
- Battle Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Rossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ockley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monitor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monitor.
Newspapers Published in Monitor ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monitor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monitor, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monitor.
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 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 Monitor:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Tipton County
- Warren County
- White 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 Monitor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Monitor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |