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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 Mudlavia Springs (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 Mudlavia Springs. 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 Mudlavia Springs ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mudlavia Springs: Mudlavia Spgs. (or less commonly used: Mudlavia Spngs. or Mudlavia Sprngs.)

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Mudlavia Springs is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.

Below are the counties that are near Mudlavia Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mudlavia Springs:

  • Warren County     (The home county of Mudlavia Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Williamsport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chatterton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatterton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
    • Independence
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Independence is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Brisco ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brisco is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
    • West Lebanon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Lebanon is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
    • Pine Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Old Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Sloan ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sloan is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
    • Green Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
    • Hedrick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hedrick is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
    • Pence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pence is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
    • Baltimore ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Baltimore is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
    • State Line City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • State Line City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Oxford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Templeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Templeton is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
    • Boswell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Otterbein
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Talbot
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Atkinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Atkinson is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
    • Ambia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ambia is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Dunn ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Fowler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Gravel Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
    • Freeland Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Freeland Park is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
    • Earl Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Earl Park is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
    • Wadena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wadena is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
  • Fountain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Attica
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Roberts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Roberts is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Stone Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
    • Newtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Newtown is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Covington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Layton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Layton is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
    • Mellott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mellott is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
    • Veedersburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harveysburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
    • Kingman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wallace
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wallace is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Jasper County
    • Remington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Wingate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Richmond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Waynetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Linden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Wesley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wesley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Alamo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alamo is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Yountsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
    • Crawfordsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Garfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Garfield is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Goodland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Newton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Newton is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Parke County
    • Grange Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Grange Corner is located in Parke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
  • Tippecanoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Odell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
    • Glenhall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
    • Westpoint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Montmorenci
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
    • Shadeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
    • Corwin ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
      • Corwin has also been known as:
      • Corwin Station
    • Elston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
    • Romney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • West Lafayette
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Lafayette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Gladens Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
  • Vermillion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Tree Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
    • Gessie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gessie is located in Vermillion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
    • Rileysburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
    • Perrysville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eugene
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Eugene is located in Vermillion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
    • Cayuga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <1>
  • White County
    • Brookston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Iroquois County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Stockland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Milford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in Iroquois County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
    • Goodwine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Vermilion County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.
    • Illiana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
    • Alvin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Alvin has also been known as:
      • Alvan Village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
    • Coalton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Bismarck
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bismarck is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <1>
    • Newell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
    • Rossville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rossville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossville <1>
    • Hoopeston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <1>
    • Danville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Danville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,106 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <1>
    • Henning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Henning is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henning
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henning <1>
    • Denmark ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Tilton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
    • Hillery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
    • Belgium
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mudlavia Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Mudlavia Springs.

Cemeteries Near Mudlavia Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mudlavia Springs.

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 Mudlavia Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mudlavia Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.

  • Kester Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • McCabe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Brier Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodwine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bartlett Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Owens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Robb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Francis of Xavier Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Attica.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86576 <2>
  • Continue List   (296 more) ...
    • James Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Van Reed Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Mudlavia Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mudlavia Springs.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mudlavia Springs, with the one closest to Mudlavia Springs listed first.

  • Williamsport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Winthrop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Winthrop is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
  • Carbondale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbondale is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Attica
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Lebanon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Lebanon is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
  • Independence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Independence is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Rob Roy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
  • Pine Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fountain is located in Fountain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
  • Aylesworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
  • Hedrick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hedrick is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
  • Marshfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshfield is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Roberts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Roberts is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Green Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
    • Stone Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mudlavia Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mudlavia Springs.

Newspapers Published in Mudlavia Springs ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mudlavia Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mudlavia Springs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mudlavia Springs.

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 Mudlavia Springs:

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 Mudlavia Springs, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mudlavia Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.