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 Patricksburg (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 Patricksburg. 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 and 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.
Patricksburg is located in Owen 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 Owen County: Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Patricksburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Patricksburg:
- Owen County (The home county of Patricksburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Denmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Atkinsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Arney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gosport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Poland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clay City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eel River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Center Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Roadman Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Art
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Prairie City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Howesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Cory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Billville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Calvertville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Worthington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Tulip
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Jasonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Midland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elliston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Solsberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Hoosier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Stilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Martin County
- Crane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Stinesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Highland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stanford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Dolan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Kirksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Unionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Lewisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Paragon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eminence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Plano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Wilbur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Bridgeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Rosedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- West Atherton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Reelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Limedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Belle Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Greencastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fillmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Hymera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Farmersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dugger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Scotchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Shelburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Paxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Fairbanks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Lewis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Grange Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Riley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Seelyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Swalls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Pimento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Burnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Fontanet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- North Terre Haute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Sandcut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Patricksburg, see our County-by-County Page for Patricksburg.
Cemeteries Near Patricksburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patricksburg.
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 Patricksburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Patricksburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Crouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Burger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steubenville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Funk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mast Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sixmile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snoddy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Splinter Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Walley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (387 more) ...
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zenor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Patricksburg had a population of 579 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Patricksburg, with the one closest to Patricksburg listed first.
- Vandalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vandalia is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Arney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Atkinsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Clay City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Daggett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daggett is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Poland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eel River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Hubbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hubbell is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Ashboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashboro is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashboro
- Saline City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Patricksburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Patricksburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Patricksburg ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patricksburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Patricksburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Patricksburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Patricksburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of Patricksburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Patricksburg:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Owen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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 Patricksburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Patricksburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |