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 Point Commerce (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 Point Commerce. 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 Point Commerce ...
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 Point Commerce: Pt. Commerce
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 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.
Point Commerce is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Davies's, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Point Commerce. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Point Commerce:
- Greene County (The home county of Point Commerce)
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Worthington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvertville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elliston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Plummer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Mineral City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Solsberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Howesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coalmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Eel River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Bowling Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Saline City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Center Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Art
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Cory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Poland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Prairie City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Roadman Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Elnora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Sandborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Westphalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Edwardsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oaktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Popcorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Silverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Judah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Guthrie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Williams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Oolitic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Crane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burns City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Stanford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Ellettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kirksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Highland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stinesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Clear Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dolan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Paragon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Arney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Coal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Cuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gosport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Cloverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Dugger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gambill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Hymera
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Farmersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Shelburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scott City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Lewis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Riley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Grange Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Youngstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Swalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Seelyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Prairie Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Point Commerce, see our County-by-County Page for Point Commerce.
Cemeteries Near Point Commerce ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point Commerce.
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 Point Commerce - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Point Commerce covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stalcup Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Owens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Griffith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bucher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Point Commerce in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Point Commerce.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Point Commerce, with the one closest to Point Commerce listed first.
- Worthington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rincon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rincon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Calvertville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Hubbell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbell is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Tulip
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Farmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Elliston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Switz City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Vilas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vilas is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Daggett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Daggett is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daggett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Point Commerce. See our List of 1890's Communities around Point Commerce.
Newspapers Published in Point Commerce ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Commerce.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Point Commerce, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Point Commerce.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Point Commerce:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo 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 Point Commerce, 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' (or 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- Point Commerce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |