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 Mull (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 Mull. 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 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.
Mull is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Delaware, Henry, Jay, Wayne & Darke (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Mull. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mull:
- Randolph County (The home county of Mull)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Stone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Farmland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Parker City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Rural
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- New Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Modoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Bloomingport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linn Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Millgrove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Ridertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Hartford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Shamrock Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Montpelier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Desoto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Liberty Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Granville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Muncie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Oakville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Andersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Progress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Matthews
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Upland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlerton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Blountsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Mooreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Luray
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Messick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Messick is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- Springport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Mount Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- New Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- New Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Lisbon is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Corwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corwin is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Bluff Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Redkey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Collett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Boundary City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Blaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Greene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Dunkirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Salamonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Antiville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- Chesterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Economy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Williamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Fountain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hagerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greens Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Webster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Whitewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Cambridge City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Phenix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Keystone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Petroleum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Darke County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Union City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Long
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Lightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Coletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coletown is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Hollansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Palestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Rossburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Weston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Fort Recovery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Macedon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Saint Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Skeels Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scudder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Preble County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- New Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mull, see our County-by-County Page for Mull.
Cemeteries Near Mull ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mull.
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 Mull - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mull covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mosier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sparrow Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reitenour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reitenour Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reitenour Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Ridgeville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86534 <3>
- Lawndale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawndale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Ridgeville.
- The Lawndale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawn Dale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85668 <3>
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Mull in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mull.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mull, with the one closest to Mull listed first.
- Farmland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unionport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionport
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Ridgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Deerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Powers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Powers is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Parker City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Snow Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Redkey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mull. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mull.
Newspapers Published in Mull ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mull.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mull, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mull.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mull:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Grant County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Madison County
- Wayne County
- Wells County
- Darke County
- Mercer County
- Preble 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 '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- Mull) 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 Mull, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |