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 Olin (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 Olin. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Olin is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Olin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Olin:
- Warren County (The home county of Olin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Foster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- State Line City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Old Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Williamsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Ambia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Otterbein
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Covington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Layton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Stone Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Attica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harveysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mellott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Roberts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Wingate
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alamo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Wesley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- New Richmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Yountsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Cherry Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Waveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Grange Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- West Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Annapolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Bloomingdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Armiesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Guion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Rockville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Judson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nyesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Odell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Montmorenci
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Tree Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Perrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eugene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dana
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Alta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Summit Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Saint Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Penfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Raven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Scottland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scottland is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottland
- Chrisman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kidley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Palermo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Iroquois County (IL)
- Wellington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Illiana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Tilton
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Bismarck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Meeks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Hillery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
- Catlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Olin, see our County-by-County Page for Olin.
Cemeteries Near Olin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olin.
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 Olin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Olin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Upper Mound Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lower Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prescott Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bend Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gopher Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Mosonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ater 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 Olin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Olin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Olin, with the one closest to Olin listed first.
- Covington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Foster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Rileysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Gessie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Layton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Perrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- State Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Marshfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Coal Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coal Creek is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Veedersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olin.
Newspapers Published in Olin ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Olin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Olin, 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 Olin.
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 Olin:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Champaign County
- Edgar County
- Iroquois 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 Olin, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |