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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 Ravinamy (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 Ravinamy. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Ravinamy is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Ravinamy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ravinamy:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Ravinamy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Battle Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Elston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montmorenci
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Buck Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Americus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Shadeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Otterbein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Templeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Atkinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Boswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Talbot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Boone County
- Thorntown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Pyrmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Ockley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Owasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Radnor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Delphi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Prince William
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Cutler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Bringhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Young America
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clymers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Edna Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Fickle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Sedalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Middlefork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Reagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Roberts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Stone Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veedersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howard County
- Shanghai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Jasper County
- Remington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Linden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Bowers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Wingate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Waynetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Smartsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shannondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Yountsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Newton County
- Goodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Green Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- West Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Brookston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Springboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Reynolds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Idaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Sitka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Burnettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Monon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ravinamy, see our County-by-County Page for Ravinamy.
Cemeteries Near Ravinamy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ravinamy.
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 Ravinamy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ravinamy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Grandview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand View Cemetery
- McCormick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Vale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swisher - Hurtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tippecanoe Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lafayette.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86726 <3>
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Battle Ground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fink Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ravinamy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ravinamy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ravinamy, with the one closest to Ravinamy listed first.
- Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Elston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Battle Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Grove is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Octagon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Octagon is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Montmorenci
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Monitor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Buck Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Taylor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Heath
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Heath is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Americus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ravinamy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ravinamy.
Newspapers Published in Ravinamy ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ravinamy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ravinamy, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ravinamy.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ravinamy:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Warren County
- White 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ravinamy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ravinamy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |