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 Monroe (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 Monroe. 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 and hospitals 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.
Monroe 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 Monroe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monroe:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Monroe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Stockwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clarks Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Shadeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Buck Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Otterbein
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Thorntown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Pike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Northfield Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elizaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gadsden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Whitestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Pyrmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Prince William
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Ockley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Cutler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Bringhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Delphi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Flora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- Young America
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Fickle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Mulberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Edna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Cambria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Frankfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Sedalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Beard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Geetingsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Attica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ekin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Lizton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Shanghai
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Judson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- West Middleton
(29 miles [46.7 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 Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Bowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Cherry Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Garfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- New Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shannondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Smartsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Crawfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Wingate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Barnard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Roachdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Kempton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Groomsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Goldsmith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Green Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Springboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chalmers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monroe, see our County-by-County Page for Monroe.
Cemeteries Near Monroe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monroe.
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 Monroe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monroe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Holladay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yorktown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Hill Cemetery
- The Clarks Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Clarksville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84635 <2>
- Abbot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbot Cemetery
- The Abbot Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbot - Fickle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84135 <2>
- Newcomer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stingley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wildcat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Monroe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monroe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Stockwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clarks Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fickle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Mulberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkpatrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Bowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Manson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Romney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pettit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Monitor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- South Raub
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Raub is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Raub
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monroe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monroe.
Newspapers Published in Monroe ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monroe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monroe, 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 Monroe.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Monroe:
- 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
- Hamilton County
- Hendricks County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Putnam 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 Monroe, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monroe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |