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 Pumpkin Center (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 Pumpkin Center. 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 Pumpkin Center ...
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 Pumpkin Center: Pumpkin Ctr. (or less commonly used: Pumpkin Cen., Pumpkin Cent. or Pumpkin Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pumpkin Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pumpkin Center.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pumpkin Center 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 Pumpkin Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center:
- Orange County (The home county of Pumpkin Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Bromer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Chambersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Trotter Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Youngs Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Abydel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Borden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Broom Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Starlight
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Marengo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- English
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Milltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Taswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Eckerty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carefree
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Magnolia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Riceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Sulphur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Leavenworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Hillham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Dubois
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birdseye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Celestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Kyana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Haysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 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)
- Greene County
- Owensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Frenchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Ramsey
(21 miles [33.8 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 southeast)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- New Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- Crandall
(26 miles [41.8 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Medora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Vallonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brownstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kurtz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Dudleytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- New Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Stonington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Spring Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Lawrenceport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Fort Ritner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Georgia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Hartleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Huron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Mount Olive
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Lacy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Windom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Loogootee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- Harrodsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Perry County
- Saint Croix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Claysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Livonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Saltillo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smedley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Hardinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Plattsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Harristown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- New Pekin
(19 miles [30.6 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
- South Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center, see our County-by-County Page for Pumpkin Center.
Cemeteries Near Pumpkin Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pumpkin Center.
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 Pumpkin Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pumpkin Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Trimble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Irvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Copelin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Freedom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paoli Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Africa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Danners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pumpkin Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pumpkin Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Bromer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Stampers Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
- Syria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Syria is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syria
- Claysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Lost River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lost River is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Chambersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Livonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Paoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rego is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rego
- Campbellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Smedley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Youngs Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Valeene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Valeene is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeene
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pumpkin Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pumpkin Center.
Newspapers Published in Pumpkin Center ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pumpkin Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pumpkin Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pumpkin Center.
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 Pumpkin Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Washington 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 Pumpkin Center, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pumpkin Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |