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 Paxton (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 Paxton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Paxton is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Clark (IL), Crawford (IL), Clay, Greene, Knox & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Paxton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paxton:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Paxton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Gambill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Hymera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Scott City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Fairbanks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Coalmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Cory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Saline City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Elnora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Odon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- White Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Gilmour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Hoosier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Island City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Midland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Jasonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Switz City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Newberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Elliston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Worthington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Oaktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Freelandville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Busseron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Sandborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bruceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Fritchton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Vincennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheatland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Crane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burns City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Coal City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Patricksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Lewis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Prairie Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Pimento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Vigo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Youngstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Prairieton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Riley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Grange Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Taylorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- York
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Weaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Heathsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hutsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Flat Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Duncanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- West York
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Villas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Stoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stoy is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoy <1>
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paxton, see our County-by-County Page for Paxton.
Cemeteries Near Paxton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paxton.
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 Paxton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paxton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- McCammon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Purcell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Snyder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pirtle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Engle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Land Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (374 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dooley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Paxton had a population of 182 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farnsworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farnsworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Dugger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Richwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Merom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Oaktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Freelandville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paxton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paxton.
Newspapers Published in Paxton ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paxton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paxton, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paxton.
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 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 Paxton:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Owen County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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 Paxton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paxton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |