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 Pittsboro (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 Pittsboro. 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 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 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.
Pittsboro is located in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County: Boone, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Pittsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pittsboro:
- Hendricks County (The home county of Pittsboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Brownsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cartersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Plainfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Winchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Amo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zionsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Advance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Northfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Ulen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Stringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Gadsden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Hazelrigg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Pike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Reagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Kirklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boyleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Fickle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Scircleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Scircleville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- North Ridge Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Newark Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newark Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Sheridan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Monterey Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village
- Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Fishers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Noblesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- McCordsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbury is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Smith Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Bluff Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Banta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bargersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Whiteland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Rocklane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Whiteland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Traders Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Clermont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snacks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Speedway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Spring Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wynnedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wynnedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Crows Nest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crows Nest is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Rocky Ripple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Meridian Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meridian Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
- North Crows Nest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Crows Nest is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Camby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- New Ross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shannondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Ladoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Smartsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Crawfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yountsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Mooresville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Young
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Monrovia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Hart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Brookmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Red House ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Bethany
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Wilbur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Eminence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Barnard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Groveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Roachdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Fillmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Blakesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Belle Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Greencastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Cloverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portland Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Tippecanoe County
- Clarks Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- East Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pittsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Pittsboro.
Cemeteries Near Pittsboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pittsboro.
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 Pittsboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pittsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- White Lick Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Malachy West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Prebster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sparks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Weaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lingeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Malachy East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Brownsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cofer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pittsboro had a population of 458 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pittsboro had a population of 3,812 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pittsboro, with the one closest to Pittsboro listed first.
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Tilden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tilden is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Brownsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montclair
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Montclair is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Gale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gale is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- New Brunswick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Brunswick is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
- Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Royalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Shepherd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shepherd is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clermont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Traders Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pittsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittsboro.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pittsboro ...
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 386 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsboro.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pittsboro. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pittsboro and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pittsboro.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of Pittsboro.
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 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 Pittsboro:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Hendricks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clinton County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton 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 Pittsboro, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pittsboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |