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 Pleasure 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 Pleasure 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 Pleasure 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 Pleasure Valley: Pleasure Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasure Vally. or Pleasure Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasure Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasure 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 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.
Pleasure Valley is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Johnson, Marion & Rush.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasure Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasure Valley:
- Shelby County (The home county of Pleasure Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Geneva
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Norristown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Waldron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Prescott
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Riley Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Mount Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Rays Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
- Hildebrand Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Hartsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Newbern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Clifford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Petersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Taylorsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Jewell Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Grammer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Spearsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Gnaw Bone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Beanblossom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Omer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Burney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Greensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Letts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Springhill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Springhill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Alert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Enochsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Andersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Oldenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Laurel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Metamora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- New Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charlottesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Gem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Spring Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Knightstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Jackson County
- Fleming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Scipio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Zenas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Queensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Butlerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Edinburgh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Needham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nineveh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rocklane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Princes Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Whiteland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Whiteland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Peoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Trafalgar
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Acton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Southport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Morgan County
- Morgantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Napoleon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morris is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Gowdy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Manilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Williamstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milroy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rushville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Carthage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gings is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
- Glenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasure Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasure Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasure Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasure 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 Pleasure Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasure Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Means Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Floyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vanpelt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Cemetery
- The Winchester Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winchester Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #698387 <2>
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nauvoo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Pumphrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sidener Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Pleasure Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasure Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasure Valley, with the one closest to Pleasure Valley listed first.
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Prescott
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Lewis Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lewis Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Burney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Saint Omer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Fenns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fenns is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenns
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Downeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Downeyville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downeyville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Meltzer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Meltzer is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltzer
- Smithland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithland is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Saint Louis Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis Crossing is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis Crossing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasure Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasure Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasure 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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasure Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasure Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasure Valley.
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 Pleasure Valley:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush 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 Pleasure Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasure Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |