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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 Reynolds (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 Reynolds. 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 Reynolds ...
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.
While the name of this town is Reynolds, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reynolds may originally have been Reynold's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reynolds. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reynolds.
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 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 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.
Reynolds is located in White 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 White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Reynolds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reynolds:
- White County (The home county of Reynolds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chalmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Norway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Monon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sitka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Wolcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brookston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Idaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Springboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Otterbein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Atkinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Templeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Fowler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Earl Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Yeoman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pyrmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Bringhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Royal Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Lucerne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Verona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Leases Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Logansport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Edna Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Grass Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Remington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Rensselaer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Virgie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Fair Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Goodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foresman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Mount Ayr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Brook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Kentland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beaver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Francesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Thornhope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Medaryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Star City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lawton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Americus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delp
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shadeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Glenhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Green Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Pine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reynolds, see our County-by-County Page for Reynolds.
Cemeteries Near Reynolds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reynolds.
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 Reynolds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reynolds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Bunnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carr Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- River View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bedford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palestine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Apostolic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolcott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harvey & Phebus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Reynolds had a population of 348 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Reynolds had a population of 528 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reynolds, with the one closest to Reynolds listed first.
- Smithson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Guernsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Chalmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seafield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seafield is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seafield
- Monon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Patton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Sitka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Wolcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yeoman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Brookston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sleeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Idaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reynolds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reynolds.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Reynolds ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reynolds.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Reynolds. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Reynolds and those printed in the larger area surrounding Reynolds.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Reynolds.
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 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 Reynolds:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Reynolds, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reynolds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |