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 Pine Valley (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 Pine Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Valley: Pine Vly. (or less commonly used: Pine Vally. or Pine Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Pine Valley 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 Pine Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Valley:
- Orange County (The home county of Pine Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Youngs Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Chambersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Paoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Trotter Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Mahan Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Abydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Bromer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- French Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Baden Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Orleans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Borden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Broom Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Starlight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- English
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Milltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Eckerty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Riceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Carefree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Sulphur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- West Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Davies's County
- Alfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Norton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Hillham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Birdseye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Celestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dubois
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kyana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Saint Anthony
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ferdinand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Depauw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ramsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Corydon Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- New Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Corydon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Amsterdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Valley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Jackson County
- Medora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Georgia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Bono
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Stonington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Lawrenceport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Tunnelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Hartleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Fort Ritner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Coxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Windom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Lacy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Loogootee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Saint Croix
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Branchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Siberia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Sassafras
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Apalona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Leopold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Magnet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Bristow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Ranger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Spencer County
- Saint Meinrad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Hardinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Livonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Claysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Campbellsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Smedley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Pekin
(23 miles [37 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
- Harristown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Kossuth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Plattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Cedar Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Roberta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Wolf Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beechland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Concordia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Battletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Oolite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oolite is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oolite
- Andyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Cold Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pine Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Valley.
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 Pine Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Youngscreek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Danners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Africa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paoli Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cook - Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Copelin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mathers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Springer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Pine Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Valley, with the one closest to Pine Valley listed first.
- Youngs Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Valeene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valeene is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeene
- Chambersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Paoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fargo is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Greenbrier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Ethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ethel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Stampers Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
- Rego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rego is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rego
- Syria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Syria is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syria
- Abydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Lost River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lost River is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- English
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Temple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Temple is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Marengo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pine Valley ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Valley, 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 Pine Valley.
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 Pine Valley:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Perry County
- Spencer County
- Washington County
- Meade 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 Pine Valley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |