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 Montgomery (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 Montgomery. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Montgomery is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Montgomery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montgomery:
- Davies's County (The home county of Montgomery)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Cannelburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alfordsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Capehart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Sandy Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Odon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Portersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Ireland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dubois
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Celestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Schnellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Dongola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Giro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Oakland City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Newberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Scotland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plummer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Island City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Mineral City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Koleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Owensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Linton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Edwardsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Wheatland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Bicknell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Westphalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Sandborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Willis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Freelandville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bruceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fritchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Williams
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Silverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Georgia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Fayetteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Coxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Hartleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Springville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Popcorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Loogootee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Lacy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Crane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- French Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Highbank Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Otwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Algiers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Alford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Whiteoak
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- White Sulphur Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Velpen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Glezen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Winslow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oakland City Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Paxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Lawrence County (IL)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montgomery, see our County-by-County Page for Montgomery.
Cemeteries Near Montgomery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montgomery.
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 Montgomery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montgomery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- St. Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wagler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Veale Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Humphries Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Colbert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Montgomery had a population of 415 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Montgomery had a population of 764 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montgomery, with the one closest to Montgomery listed first.
- Black Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Cannelburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Loogootee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Alfordsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Epsom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cumback
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
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- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Bramble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montgomery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montgomery.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Montgomery ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montgomery.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Montgomery. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Montgomery and those printed in the larger area surrounding Montgomery.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Montgomery.
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 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 Montgomery:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Orange County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Lawrence 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 Montgomery, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Montgomery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |