RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> Jennings County >> Queensville >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Indiana

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana





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 Queensville (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 Queensville. 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.

Queensville is located in Jennings County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jennings County: Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jefferson, Ripley & Scott.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Queensville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Queensville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Queensville Christian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Henry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hulse Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulse Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fish Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summerfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summerfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cave Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cave Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cave Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitcomb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitcomb Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitcomb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sixmile Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sixmile Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sixmile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bear Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Catherines Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Catherines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (345 more) ...
    • Sullivan Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sullivan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sullivan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Stewart Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stewart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Baldwin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Queensville had a population of 97 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Scipio
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • North Vernon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brewersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
    • Brewersville is located in Jennings County
  • Hayden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Vernon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Oakdale is located in Jennings County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Oakdale
    • From Queensville to Oakdale
  • Alert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Harper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Decatur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Harper
    • From Queensville to Harper
  • Sardinia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fleming
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Butlerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Reddington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reddington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddington
      • Reddington is located in Jackson County
    • Lovett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
      • Lovett is located in Jennings County
    • Burnsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
      • Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County

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

Newspapers Published in Queensville ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Queensville.

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

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 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 Queensville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Queensville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Queensville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Queensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0512, Longitude: -85.6771       In this case, the coordinates for Queensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Queensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 21 Apr 2025