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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 New Elizabethtown (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 Elizabethtown. 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 Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings, Lawrence, Scott & Washington.

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

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

Cemeteries Near New Elizabethtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Elizabethtown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Durland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Durland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Durland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Robertson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John's Sauers Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crane Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cortland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cortland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cortland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodmansee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodmansee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodmansee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burrell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burrell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burrell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Ambrose Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Knabb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (311 more) ...
    • Miller Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Weathers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weathers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weathers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find New Elizabethtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Elizabethtown.

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

  • Shields
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
    • Shields is located in Jackson County
  • Ewing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Ewing is located in Jackson County
  • Brownstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Seymour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Surprise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Surprise is located in Jackson County
  • Dudleytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Jackson County
  • Rockford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Rockford is located in Jackson County
  • Vallonia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tampico
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tampico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampico
    • Tampico is located in Jackson County
  • Peters Switch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
    • Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
  • Spraytown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in New Elizabethtown ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Elizabethtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Elizabethtown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Elizabethtown.

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 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 New Elizabethtown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Elizabethtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- New Elizabethtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Elizabethtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9172, Longitude: -85.9807    
<6>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 Elizabethtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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