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 Orangeville (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 Orangeville. 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 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.
Orangeville is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Martin & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Orangeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orangeville:
- Orange County (The home county of Orangeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Abydel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abydel is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Orleans
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Baden Springs is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Youngs Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Youngs Creek is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Chambersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Mahan Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Crossing is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bromer is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Trotter Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trotter Crossing is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- English
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Taswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eckerty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Milltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- West Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Sulphur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Carefree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Beechwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Alfordsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Odon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Hillham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Celestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Schnellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Birdseye
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Portersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Kyana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ireland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Owensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Scotland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Koleen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Depauw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Medora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vallonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Georgia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Spring Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Hartleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Lawrenceport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Stonington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Williams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Coxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Bono
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Tunnelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Fayetteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Lacy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Windom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burns City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Harrodsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Saint Croix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siberia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Claysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Saltillo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Smedley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Harristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- New Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orangeville, see our County-by-County Page for Orangeville.
Cemeteries Near Orangeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orangeville.
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 Orangeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orangeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Faucett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Isom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brunner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grodey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Orangeville had a population of 98 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Abydel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abydel is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- West Baden Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Baden Springs is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Lost River
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lost River is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Orleans
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Georgia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- French Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Syria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Syria is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syria
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Bryantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bryantsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsville
- Willow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stampers Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stampers Creek is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
- Leipsic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is also located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Hillham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orangeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orangeville.
Newspapers Published in Orangeville ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orangeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orangeville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orangeville.
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 Orangeville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Washington 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> | 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 Orangeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orangeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |