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 Ridgeway (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 Ridgeway. 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 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.
Ridgeway is located in Howard 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 Howard County: Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Miami & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgeway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgeway:
- Howard County (The home county of Ridgeway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Judson
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Kokomo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Cassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Oakford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Vermont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Hemlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Greentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Guy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Elizaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Pike
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Thorntown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Ulen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Bringhurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Cutler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Flora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prince William
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burrows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Ockley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Owasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Radnor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Rockfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Pyrmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Young America
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Galveston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Walton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Onward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Clymers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Logansport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- New Waverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Hoover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lake Cicott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Verona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Leases Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Middlefork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Geetingsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Beard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Michigantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Scircleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scircleville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville
- Boyleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Cambria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Rossville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kirklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Sims
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Swayzee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Herbst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Rigdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Sweetser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hackleman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Jalapa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Ekin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ekin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bakers Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Arcadia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Omega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Hortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Cicero
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aroma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Leisure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- West Elwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Elwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Miami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Loree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- North Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Santa Fe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Amboy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Denver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Americus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Clarks Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Battle Ground
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Groomsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Sharpsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Goldsmith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Nevada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Tipton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Hobbs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Richvalley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Burnettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Springboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brookston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgeway, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgeway.
Cemeteries Near Ridgeway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgeway.
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 Ridgeway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgeway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- South Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kappa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petes Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burlington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Burlington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84496 <2>
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Old Prophet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Ridgeway had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgeway, with the one closest to Ridgeway listed first.
- Shanghai
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Russiaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Poplar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Young America
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Middlefork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Kokomo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Galveston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Deer Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Geetingsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgeway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgeway.
Newspapers Published in Ridgeway ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgeway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgeway, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgeway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ridgeway:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Howard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Grant County
- Hamilton County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Ridgeway, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgeway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |