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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 Prowsville (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 Prowsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Prowsville is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence, Orange & Scott.

Below are the counties that are near Prowsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prowsville:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Prowsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Smedley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Smedley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
    • Campbellsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kossuth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Kossuth is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
    • Saltillo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Saltillo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Plattsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Plattsburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Claysville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Claysville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
    • Salem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Salem is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
    • Livonia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Livonia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Harristown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harristown is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
    • South Boston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Boston is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
    • Hardinsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • New Pekin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • New Pekin is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Becks Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Becks Grove is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Story is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Borden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Providence
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Providence is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
    • Underwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Underwood is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
    • Broom Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Broom Hill is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
    • Starlight
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Henryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wilson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Bennettsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennettsville is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
    • Memphis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Slatecut
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Slatecut is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
    • Marysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Marysville is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Otisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Otisco is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Marengo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Milltown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Pilot Knob
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
    • English
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Carefree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Carefree is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
    • Grantsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
    • Taswell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dubois County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Norton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Norton is located in Dubois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
    • Hillham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillham is located in Dubois County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Greenville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Galena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Galena is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Georgetown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Floyds Knobs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Palmyra
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bradford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bradford is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Depauw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Depauw is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
    • Ramsey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ramsey is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Frenchtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • New Salisbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Corydon Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
    • Crandall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Crandall is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Medora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Medora is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
    • Vallonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brownstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kurtz
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Kurtz is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
    • Norman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Freetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Dudleytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
    • New Elizabethtown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
    • Crothersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Retreat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Retreat is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
    • Houston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Houston is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Cortland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cortland is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Jefferson County
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Bono
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bono is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Fort Ritner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
    • Tunnelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
    • Stonington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Stonington is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
    • Lawrenceport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
    • Leesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Leesville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Spring Mill Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
    • Crawford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Crawford is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Mitchell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Erie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Erie is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Zelma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Zelma is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
    • Bedford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin County
    • Mount Olive
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Mount Olive is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Monroe County
    • Harrodsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Bromer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bromer is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
    • Leipsic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Leipsic is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
    • Mahan Crossing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
    • Orleans
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Trotter Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
    • Chambersburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Chambersburg is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
    • Paoli
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Abydel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Abydel is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
    • Youngs Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
    • Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Prospect is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • West Baden Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
    • French Lick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.
    • Austin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Marshfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Marshfield is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
    • Scottsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Albion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Albion is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Goshen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Goshen is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Blocher
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Blocher is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prowsville, see our County-by-County Page for Prowsville.

Cemeteries Near Prowsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prowsville.

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 Prowsville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prowsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.

  • Old Smedley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Covenanter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Philadelphia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Peugh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pollock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Freedom Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (309 more) ...
    • Nicholson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ridlen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Collett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Prowsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prowsville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Prowsville, with the one closest to Prowsville listed first.

  • Rush Creek Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
  • Campbellsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Smedley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Smedley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
  • Hitchcock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hitchcock is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
  • Kossuth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kossuth is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
  • Claysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Claysville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Sparksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sparksville is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,236 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
  • Fort Ritner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
  • Bono
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bono is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
  • Millport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Millport is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
  • Bromer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bromer is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Livonia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Livonia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Canton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Canton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Tunnelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prowsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prowsville.

Newspapers Published in Prowsville ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prowsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prowsville, 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 Prowsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Prowsville:

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 Prowsville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prowsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.