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 Natchez (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 Natchez. 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 and doctors 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.
Natchez 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 Natchez. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Natchez:
- Martin County (The home county of Natchez)
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Lacy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Burns City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Riceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Taswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- English
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Marengo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Pilot Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Sulphur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Milltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Alfordsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Odon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Plainville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 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 Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Hillham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Celestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Portersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Schnellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Birdseye
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ireland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huntingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Owensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Scotland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Koleen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Newberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Mineral City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Plummer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Georgia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Williams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Hartleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Mitchell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Fayetteville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Spring Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Lawrenceport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Oolitic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Harrodsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- French Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Paoli
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Orleans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Chambersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Leipsic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Mahan Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Trotter Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Siberia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Saint Croix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sassafras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Otwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Highbank Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- White Sulphur Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Velpen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Whiteoak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Alford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Claysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Saltillo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Livonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Campbellsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hardinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smedley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Natchez, see our County-by-County Page for Natchez.
Cemeteries Near Natchez ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Natchez.
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 Natchez - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Natchez covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Acre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elliott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baxter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cornel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Faucett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Emmons Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wininger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Natchez in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Natchez.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Natchez, with the one closest to Natchez listed first.
- Ironton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ironton is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- French Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Hillham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Crystal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Abydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Orangeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orangeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Dover Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dover Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Hill
- Georgia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Martin is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin
- Kellerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kellerville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Loogootee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Natchez. See our List of 1890's Communities around Natchez.
Newspapers Published in Natchez ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Natchez.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Natchez, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Natchez.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Natchez:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Martin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Washington 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 Natchez, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Natchez) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |