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 Old Saint Louis (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 Old Saint Louis. 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 Old Saint Louis ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Old Saint Louis: Old St. Louis
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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Old Saint Louis 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 Old Saint Louis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Saint Louis:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Old Saint Louis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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>
- Rugby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Hartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Newbern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Petersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Taylorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jewell Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Columbus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Pleasant View Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Elizabethtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Garden City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spearsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Pikes Peak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Beanblossom
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Nashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Story
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Helmsburg
(27 miles [43.5 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 Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Burney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Saint Omer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Alert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Letts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Harris City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Sardinia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Westport
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Enochsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Hancock County
- New Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Fleming
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spraytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Kriete Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- New Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Freetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Scipio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Zenas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Hayden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- North Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Butlerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- San Jacinto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Nineveh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Needham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Princes Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Trafalgar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whiteland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- New Whiteland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Acton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Morgantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Mahalasville
(30 miles [48.3 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 Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Manilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Williamstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Rushville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Norristown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Mount Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Wilson Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Prescott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Riley Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Blue Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Beech Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Saint Louis, see our County-by-County Page for Old Saint Louis.
Cemeteries Near Old Saint Louis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Saint Louis.
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 Old Saint Louis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Saint Louis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Old St. Louis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sidener Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moravian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spaugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sidney Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Floyd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert 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 Old Saint Louis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Saint Louis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Saint Louis, with the one closest to Old Saint Louis listed first.
- Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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>
- Rugby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
- Nortonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Lewis Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Hartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Petersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Newbern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Burney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Mount Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Taylorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corn Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Columbus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Saint Louis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Saint Louis.
Newspapers Published in Old Saint Louis ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Saint Louis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Saint Louis, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Saint Louis.
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 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 Old Saint Louis:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Jackson 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 Old Saint Louis, 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- Old Saint Louis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |