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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 Noblesville (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 Noblesville. 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.

Name Variations for Noblesville ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

In past government published Postal Guides, Noblesville was referred to as Noblesville Courthouse.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 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.

Noblesville is located in Hamilton County and is the County Seat.

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 Hamilton County: Boone, Clinton, Hancock, Madison, Marion & Tipton.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Noblesville)
  • Boone County
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Kirklin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Scircleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyleston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigantown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Reagan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Reagan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Daleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Yorktown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Progress
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Grant County
  • Hancock County
  • Hendricks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Brownsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pittsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lizton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Middletown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kennard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Kennard is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Grant City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cadiz
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Greensboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Knightstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard County
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Rocklane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rocklane is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
  • Kosciusko County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Fishersburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Fishersburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
    • Lapel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Lapel is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapel <1>
    • Perkinsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingalls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgewood Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Edgewood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Edgewood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
    • Pendleton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • River Forest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • River Forest is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Western Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Western Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
    • Anderson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Country Club Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Florida
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frankton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Castleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Williams Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (13 miles [20.9 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
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Crows Nest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Crows Nest is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Rocky Ripple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
    • Spring Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wynnedale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wynnedale is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Cumberland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Warren Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Warren Park is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
    • Traders Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolfington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noblesville, with the one closest to Noblesville listed first.
    • Fountaintown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
    • Brookfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • London
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Morristown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tipton County

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

Cemeteries Near Noblesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Noblesville.

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 Noblesville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Noblesville had a population of 3,054 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Noblesville had a population of 65,835 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Noblesville ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Noblesville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Noblesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Noblesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Noblesville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of Noblesville.

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 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 Noblesville:

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>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- Noblesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Noblesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.