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 Monon (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 Monon. 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.
Monon is located in White 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 White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Monon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monon:
- White County (The home county of Monon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Reynolds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indiana Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Headlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Wolcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Burnettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Wadena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otterbein
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Templeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Earl Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Yeoman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Flora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pyrmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Bringhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Deer Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Royal Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lucerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Clymers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Leases Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Verona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Logansport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Grass Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Collegeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Remington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gifford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Egypt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Tefft
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Virgie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Wheatfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- DeMotte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Foresman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Goodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Beaver City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Roselawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Kentland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morocco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Francesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Medaryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Thornhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Beardstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Monterey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- San Pierre
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Judson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aldine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Bass Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Toto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Americus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Delp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Montmorenci
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- West Lafayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monon, see our County-by-County Page for Monon.
Cemeteries Near Monon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monon.
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 Monon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Monon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bedford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Swisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Buffalo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85462 <3>
- Palestine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bunnell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roseland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Milroy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cutler 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Monon had a population of 1,064 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Monon had a population of 1,755 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monon, with the one closest to Monon listed first.
- Guernsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Reynolds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sitka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Francesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Seafield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seafield is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seafield
- Smithson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Headlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Patton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Chalmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Monon ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Monon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Monon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Monon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of Monon.
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 Monon:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Monon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |