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 Brunswick (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 Brunswick. 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 doctors and 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.
New Brunswick is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near New Brunswick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Brunswick:
- Clay County (The home county of New Brunswick)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Howesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coalmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Eel River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Cory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Art
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bowling Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Center Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Poland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Roadman Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Staunton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Elnora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plainville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Jasonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Midland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Gilmour
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Worthington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Switz City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Island City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Calvertville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- White Rose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Elliston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Sandborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freelandville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Oaktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- Popcorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Crane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Stanford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Ellettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stinesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Highland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Patricksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Atkinsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gosport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Bridgeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rosedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- West Atherton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Reelsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Cloverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Dugger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Farmersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Paxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- New Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbanks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Carlisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Riley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Youngstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Grange Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Prairie Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Seelyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Prairieton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Vigo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Taylorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Farrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Weaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Snyder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- West Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Dennison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hutsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Brunswick, see our County-by-County Page for New Brunswick.
Cemeteries Near New Brunswick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Brunswick.
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 Brunswick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Brunswick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sink Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bohley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neihart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Bullerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Brush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liechty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find New Brunswick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Brunswick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Brunswick, with the one closest to New Brunswick listed first.
- Howesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Daggett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Daggett is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Clay City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jasonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Hubbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hubbell is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
- Eel River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Worthington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Rincon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rincon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Arney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Cass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cass is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Brunswick. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Brunswick.
Newspapers Published in New Brunswick ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Brunswick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Brunswick, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Brunswick.
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 professional and volunteer 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 New Brunswick:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford 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> | 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 New Brunswick, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Brunswick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |