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 Lancaster (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 Lancaster. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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 Lancaster is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County : Clinton , Grant , Hamilton , Howard & Madison .
Below are the counties that are near New Lancaster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Lancaster:
Tipton County (The home county of New Lancaster)
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Hobbs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Windfall City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Windfall City is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
Windfall (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Tipton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Nevada (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Nevada is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Sharpsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
East Union (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
East Union is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Goldsmith (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Goldsmith is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Jericho ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Jericho was located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Groomsville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Groomsville is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville Kempton (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Kempton is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
Blackford County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Shamrock Lakes (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Renner ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Renner was located in Blackford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner Hartford City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Gadsden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Elizaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Elizaville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Eagle Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Whitestown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cass County
Galveston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Scircleville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Scircleville is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville Forest (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Forest is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Kirklin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Boyleston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Boyleston is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston Michigantown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Middlefork (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Middlefork is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Janney (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Janney is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney Daleville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Gaston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Yorktown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Andersonville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Andersonville is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Progress (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Progress is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress Muncie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cowan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Cowan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Eaton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Oakville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Oakville is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville Granville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Granville is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Liberty Corners (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners Desoto (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Desoto is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto Grant County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Rigdon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rigdon is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon Hackleman (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hackleman is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman Fairmount (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Sims (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sims is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Swayzee (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Herbst (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Herbst is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst Fowlerton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Fowlerton is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
Jonesboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Michaelsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Michaelsville is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville Gas City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Mier (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mier is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier Sweetser (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Matthews (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Matthews is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Aroma (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Aroma is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Omega (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Omega is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega Atlanta (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Strawtown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Strawtown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown Arcadia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Cicero (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Durbin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Durbin is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Clarksville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Clarksville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Monterey Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Noblesville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Ekin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ekin is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin Bakers Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner Hortonville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Hortonville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Colonial Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Fortville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Woodbury (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Eden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden McCordsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Denny Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Warrington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Warrington is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington Maxwell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Mohawk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Willow Branch (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Willow Branch is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch Shirley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Shirley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
Wilkinson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Middletown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Sulphur Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
Cadiz (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cadiz is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
Luray (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Luray is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Springport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Kennard (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Kennard is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Howard County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Guy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Guy is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy Jerome (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Jerome is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Hemlock (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Hemlock is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Greentown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Oakford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Oakford is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford Indian Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Indian Heights is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights Vermont (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Vermont is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Alto (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Alto is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Plevna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Plevna is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna Kokomo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
West Middleton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
West Middleton is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton Russiaville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Cassville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Cassville is located in Howard County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville Kosciusko County
Warsaw (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
West Elwood (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Elwood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood Elwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Dundee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Dundee is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Frankton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Leisure (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Leisure is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Perkinsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Orestes (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Orestes is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
Alexandria (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Gimco City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Gimco City is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City Florida (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Florida is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Fishersburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Edgewood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village Edgewood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Edgewood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
Marion County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Castleton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Lawrence (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Williams Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Williams Creek is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
Meridian Hills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Meridian Hills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
North Crows Nest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Converse (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Amboy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Amboy is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
North Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
North Grove is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Miami (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Loree (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Loree is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree Santa Fe (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Santa Fe is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe Bunker Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wabash County
The following are listed by their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Somerset (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Somerset is located in Wabash County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset La Fontaine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
La Fontaine is located in Wabash County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Lancaster, see our County-by-County Page for New Lancaster .
Cemeteries Near New Lancaster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Lancaster.
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 Lancaster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Lancaster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Cook Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Joseph Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sunset Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Carr Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hobbs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood Cemetery The Elwood Cemetery has also been known as:
Elwood City Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84930 <2>
Hobbs Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Waymire Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Shell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (351 more) ...
Prewett Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
IOOF Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sigler 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Lancaster had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Lancaster, with the one closest to New Lancaster listed first.
Elwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Aroma (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Aroma is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Curtisville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Curtisville is also located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville Omega (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Omega is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega Hobbs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Frankton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Dundee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Dundee is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Perkinsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Atlanta (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Orestes (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Orestes is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
Windfall (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Tipton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Arcadia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Strawtown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Strawtown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown Rigdon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rigdon is located in Grant County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Lancaster. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Lancaster .
Newspapers Published in New Lancaster ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Lancaster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Lancaster, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for New Lancaster.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lancaster:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Tipton County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Blackford County Boone County Cass County Clinton County Delaware County Grant County Hamilton County Hancock County Henry County Howard County Kosciusko County Madison County Marion County Miami County Wabash County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Lancaster. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Lancaster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- New Lancaster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.