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 Peoga (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 Peoga. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Peoga is primarily located in Johnson County. A portion of Peoga extends into Brown 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 Johnson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Marion, Morgan & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Peoga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peoga:
- Johnson County (The home county of Peoga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Princes Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nineveh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Amity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bargersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Banta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Whiteland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Pleasant View Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Corn Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Clifford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- North Ogilville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Jewell Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Elizabethtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Spearsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Gnaw Bone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Burney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Alert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Germantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Sardinia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Hancock County
- New Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Hazelwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Plainfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Houston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Cortland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Norman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Jennings County
- Scipio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Lawrence County
- Zelma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Southport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Homecroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- West Newton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Camby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Beech Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Indianapolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Warren Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warren Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stinesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Bethany
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Wilbur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Young
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Mooresville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Owen County
- Gosport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Boggstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Wilson Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Brookfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Fairland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Beech Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Clover Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Hildebrand Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peoga, see our County-by-County Page for Peoga.
Cemeteries Near Peoga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peoga.
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 Peoga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peoga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prisoner of War Camp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kansas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mulligans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dollings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- Boles - Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freeman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Peoga in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peoga.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peoga, with the one closest to Peoga listed first.
- Spearsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Nineveh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Bud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Amity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Chetwynd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chetwynd is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetwynd
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mount Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peoga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peoga.
Newspapers Published in Peoga ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peoga.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peoga, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peoga.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Peoga:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Hancock County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen 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 Peoga, 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- Peoga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |