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 Rob Roy (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 Rob Roy. 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 doctors 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.
Rob Roy 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 Rob Roy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rob Roy:
- Fountain County (The home county of Rob Roy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Attica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Newtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Layton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Roberts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Wallace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Otterbein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Talbot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Ambia
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Fowler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Freeland Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Fickle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Colfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Wingate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waynetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Linden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Alamo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Yountsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Crawfordsville
(23 miles [37 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
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Smartsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Grange Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Annapolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Marshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- West Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Bloomingdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Guion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Judson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Putnam County
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Odell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Westpoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Shadeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Romney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- West Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 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 Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Tree Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Perrysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Rileysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Williamsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Old Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Hedrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Pine Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- State Line City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Illiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Alvin
(19 miles [30.6 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>
- Bismarck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Belgium
(23 miles [37 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
- Tilton
(23 miles [37 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>
- Rossville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Henning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rob Roy, see our County-by-County Page for Rob Roy.
Cemeteries Near Rob Roy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rob Roy.
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 Rob Roy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rob Roy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Christian Cemetery
- The Union Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Fork Coal Creek Cemetery
- Union Christian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986970 <2>
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ruppert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Progressive Friends Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Stone Bluff.
- The Progressive Friends Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crazy Corner South Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234961 <2>
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Greenbay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kester 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rob Roy had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rob Roy, with the one closest to Rob Roy listed first.
- Aylesworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Attica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Stone Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Williamsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mellott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- West Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Layton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Veedersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Roberts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Winthrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rob Roy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rob Roy.
Newspapers Published in Rob Roy ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rob Roy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rob Roy, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rob Roy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Rob Roy:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fountain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Clinton County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rob Roy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rob Roy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |