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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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.
Name Variations for Mount Pleasant ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Mount Pleasant is located in Martin 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 Martin County: Davies's, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence & Orange.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Martin County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Loogootee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Windom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Burns City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Crane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Riceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Cannelburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Alfordsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Odon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plainville
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Capehart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Elnora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Sandy Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Haysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Portersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Hillham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Dubois
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Ireland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Celestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Schnellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Saint Anthony
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huntingburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kyana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Gibson County
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Scotland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Newberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Owensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Koleen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Plummer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elliston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Island City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Tulip
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Edwardsport
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Sandborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bicknell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monroe City
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Ragsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Willis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Freelandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Fritchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Huron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Williams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Georgia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Silverville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Fayetteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Hartleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Mitchell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Spring Mill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Popcorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(16 miles [25.7 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
- French Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abydel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Orleans
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Paoli
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Chambersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Mahan Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Trotter Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Perry County
- Siberia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Highbank Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Otwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Algiers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Alford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- White Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 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
- Velpen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Winslow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Stendal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Houghton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sholts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Love Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holtsglaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wagler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Acre Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McBrides Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Hollow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Loogootee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ironton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ironton is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Dover Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Hill
- Alfordsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- South Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Martin is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin
- Bramble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bramble is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble
- Montgomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- Black Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Waco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Portersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
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 either 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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Martin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike 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 Mount Pleasant, 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- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |