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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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.
Newtown is located in Fountain 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 Fountain County: Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Newtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newtown:
- Fountain County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Mellott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wallace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Kingman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Otterbein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Talbot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fowler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Boone County
- Thorntown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- Pyrmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Mulberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Edna Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Wingate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Cherry Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Yountsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Alamo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Crawfordsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- North Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Smartsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Grange Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Byron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Annapolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Guion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Bloomingdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Judson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nyesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bellmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Billie Creek Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Portland Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Blakesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Roachdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Elston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Montmorenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Stockwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Tree Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Perrysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Pine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Foster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- State Line City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Illiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Meeks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Belgium
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Tilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Coalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hillery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newtown, see our County-by-County Page for Newtown.
Cemeteries Near Newtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.
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 Newtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Hodson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quirk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Christian Cemetery
- The Union Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Fork Coal Creek Cemetery
- Union Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986970 <2>
- Greenbay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meharry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Short Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Old Turkey Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruppert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Newtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Mellott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Wingate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Aylesworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Stone Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roberts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Waynetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Williamsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.
Newspapers Published in Newtown ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.
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 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 Newtown:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Vermilion 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 Newtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |