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 Nortonburg (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 Nortonburg. 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 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.
Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Nortonburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nortonburg:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Nortonburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Clifford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Petersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Newbern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Jewell Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Corn Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Spearsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Story
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Burney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Alert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Milford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Letts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Germantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Harper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Westport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Harris City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Saint Paul
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Franklin County
- Enochsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Fleming
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Cortland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Seymour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Spraytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Kriete Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- New Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Freetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Dudleytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Retreat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Jefferson County
- Dupont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Scipio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- North Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Four Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butlerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- San Jacinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Commiskey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Nineveh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Peoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Needham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Trafalgar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Anita ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Whiteland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Acton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Morgantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Osgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Moscow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Manilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Milroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Norristown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Mount Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Prescott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Riley Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Hildebrand Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Blue Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nortonburg, see our County-by-County Page for Nortonburg.
Cemeteries Near Nortonburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nortonburg.
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 Nortonburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nortonburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moravian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old St. Louis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sidney Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newbern Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern Christian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newbern Christian Cemetery is located in Newbern.
- The Newbern Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newbern Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164408 <2>
- Sidener Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nortonburg had a population of 36 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nortonburg, with the one closest to Nortonburg listed first.
- Clifford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Petersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Saint Louis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Newbern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burnsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Taylorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Mount Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nortonburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nortonburg.
Newspapers Published in Nortonburg ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nortonburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nortonburg, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nortonburg.
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 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 Nortonburg:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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 Nortonburg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nortonburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |