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 Rapture (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 Rapture. 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 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.
Rapture is located in Posey 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 Posey County: Gallatin (IL), White (IL), White (IL), Gibson, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Henderson (KY) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Rapture. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rapture:
- Posey County (The home county of Rapture)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Stewartsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Poseyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barrett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Wadesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- New Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hepburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Blairsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Cynthiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Saint Wendel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Mounts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Owensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haubstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Patoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Buckskin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Francisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Mackey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- Decker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Oatsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Darmstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Kasson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Inglefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stacer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- McCutchanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Daylight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Melody Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Cypress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Wheatonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stevenson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Baugh City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Chandler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Newburgh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Graham Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Browns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Top
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Albion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ellery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bone Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- West Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Maple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- New Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County (IL)
- Bungay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Lawrence County (IL)
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Keensburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bellmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Patton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Adams Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Allendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Orio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Wayne County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Golden Gate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Phillipstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Calvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Grayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maunie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carmi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Emma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Herald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stokes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Roland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roland is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Enfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Smith Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baskett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Corydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spottsville is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Hitesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Chapman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rapture, see our County-by-County Page for Rapture.
Cemeteries Near Rapture ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rapture.
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 Rapture - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rapture covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Stallings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Callahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hancock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Homer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stillwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzgerrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (351 more) ...
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wadesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85666 <2>
- Old Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harmonist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Rapture in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rapture.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rapture, with the one closest to Rapture listed first.
- Stewartsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Barrett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Poseyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wadesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Hepburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Blairsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Cynthiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Wendel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Solitude
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Parkers Settlement
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Settlement is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Settlement
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rapture. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rapture.
Newspapers Published in Rapture ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rapture.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rapture, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rapture.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rapture:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Posey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gibson County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Edwards County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Henderson County
- Union 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 Rapture, 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 from Point A (ie- Rapture) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |