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 Ridgleville (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 Ridgleville. 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 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.
Ridgleville is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgleville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgleville:
- Knox County (The home county of Ridgleville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Willis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Verne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Monroe City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Decker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Fritchton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Bruceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Busseron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Cannelburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Alfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Elnora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Portersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Zoar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Giro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Dongola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Francisco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Oakland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mackey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Martin County
- Loogootee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Oatsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Alford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Glezen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Algiers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Highbank Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Oakland City Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Otwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Velpen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Posey County
- Cynthiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vanderburgh County
- Stacer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Lynnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Oil Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Heathsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Edwards County (IL)
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Billett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Birds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Berryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Allendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Orio
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Patton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Bellmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgleville, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgleville.
Cemeteries Near Ridgleville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgleville.
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 Ridgleville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Meyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hartley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frederick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beedell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Catt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Ridgleville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgleville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgleville, with the one closest to Ridgleville listed first.
- Iona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iona is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Monroe City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Purcell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Purcell is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Decker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Bowman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Pond Creek Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Vincennes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rumble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Oatsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rogers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sandy Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Thomas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgleville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgleville.
Newspapers Published in Ridgleville ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgleville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgleville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgleville.
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 either 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 Ridgleville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Sullivan County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Ridgleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ridgleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |