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 New Boston (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 New Boston. 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 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.
New Boston is located in Spencer 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 Spencer County: Dubois, Perry, Warrick, Daviess (KY) & Hancock (KY).
Below are the counties that are near New Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Boston:
- Spencer County (The home county of New Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Evanston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Fulda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lamar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint Meinrad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Santa Claus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Mariah Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Kercheval
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Lincoln City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- West Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Riceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Alton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Eckerty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Jericho
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Taswell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Grantsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- English
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Ferdinand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kyana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Huntingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Schnellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Zoar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Celestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dubois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ireland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- New Amsterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ranger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Bristow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tell City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Cannelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apalona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Sassafras
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Leopold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gerald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Siberia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Branchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Stendal
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Velpen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Spurgeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- White Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteoak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Heilman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Tennyson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eames
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Folsomville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- De Gonia Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Graham Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Dayville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Lynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chandler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Chenaultt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Ammons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Cloverport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Union Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Raymond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Tar Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Hardinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McQuady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Webster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Vanzant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Harned
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Maceo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Yelvington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Ensor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Philpot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Owensboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Masonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Lewisport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Patesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Cabot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Henderson County (KY)
- Carlinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carlinburg is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlinburg
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Concordia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Roberta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Rhodelia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Andyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Wolf Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beechland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Cedar Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Payneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Battletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Cold Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Lodale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
- Ohio County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Aetnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Boston, see our County-by-County Page for New Boston.
Cemeteries Near New Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Boston.
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 New Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Butler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Purcell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mackey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Avery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Pius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dodson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dodson Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dodson Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Troy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84848 <3>
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Niles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 New Boston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Boston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Evanston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Fulda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huffman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Lamar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kennedy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kennedy is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Tell City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ranger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Bristow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Meinrad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Santa Claus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberal is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Newtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Buffaloville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buffaloville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffaloville
- Lewisport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petri
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Petri is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petri
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Boston.
Newspapers Published in New Boston ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Boston, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Boston.
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 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 New Boston:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Spencer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Harrison County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Warrick County
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Hancock County
- Henderson County
- Meade County
- Ohio 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Boston) 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 New Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |