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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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.
Riverside is located in Fountain 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 Fountain County: Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Fountain County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Roberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Veedersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Layton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Harveysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Otterbein
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Atkinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Boswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ambia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Gravel Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Wadena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Freeland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Pyrmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Ockley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Radnor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Fickle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Mulberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Manson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- Remington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Wingate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waynetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Wesley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Yountsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Alamo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Crawfordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Bowers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Grange Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Byron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shadeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Elston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Romney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Tree Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Perrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Williamsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Pence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Brookston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Wolcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Stockland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Illiana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Alvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Coalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Newell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Bismarck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Hoopeston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Henning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Belgium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maysville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Independence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hatton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruppert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Attica.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86576 <2>
- St. Francis of Xavier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harman 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>
While we didn't find Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Roberts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Winthrop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Attica
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Odell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Williamsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rob Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Aylesworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Pine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shadeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Fountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, 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 Riverside.
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 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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- White County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Riverside, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |