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 Rocky Ripple (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 Rocky Ripple. 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 and 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.
Rocky Ripple is located in Marion 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 Marion County : Boone , Hamilton , Hancock , Hendricks , Johnson , Morgan & Shelby .
Below are the counties that are near Rocky Ripple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocky Ripple:
Marion County (The home county of Rocky Ripple)
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Crows Nest (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
North Crows Nest (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Spring Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Spring Hill is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
Wynnedale (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wynnedale is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Meridian Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Meridian Hills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
Wolfington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wolfington is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington Williams Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Williams Creek is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
Snacks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Indianapolis (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Speedway (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Castleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Traders Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Warren Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Warren Park is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Eagle Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Whitestown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Lebanon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village Ulen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Ulen is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
Elizaville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Elizaville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Stringtown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Stringtown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Jamestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Advance (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Advance is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
Pike (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Pike is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Hazelrigg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hazelrigg is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Kirklin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Reagan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Reagan is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
North Ridge Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village Carmel (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Newark Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Newark Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village Eagletown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Eagletown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown Westfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bridgewater (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Fishers (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Olio (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Hortonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hortonville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Luxhaven (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Luxhaven is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxhaven Monterey Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Noblesville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Clarksville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Clarksville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
McCordsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Gem (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Woodbury (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Mohawk (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Philadelphia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Spring Lake (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
New Palestine (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Denny Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Fortville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Eden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Greenfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Maxwell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Hendricks County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Brownsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Avon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Avon is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
Plainfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Pittsboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Cartersburg (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Danville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Lizton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Clayton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Hadley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Hadley is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Amo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
North Salem (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
New Winchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
New Winchester is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Greenwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Smith Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Smith Valley is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley Stones Crossing (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing Rocklane (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane Bluff Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek New Whiteland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
New Whiteland is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
Whiteland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Banta (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Banta is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Bargersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Providence (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Providence is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Needham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Urmeyville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Urmeyville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Kosciusko County
Warsaw (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Ingalls (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fishersburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Lapel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Perkinsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village Edgewood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
River Forest (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
River Forest is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
Markleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Western Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Western Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village Montgomery County
New Ross (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Young (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Young is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mooresville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Red House ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Red House is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Waverly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Waverly is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Brookmoor (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Brookmoor is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor Brooklyn (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lake Hart (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lake Hart is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart Bethany (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bethany is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
Monrovia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hall (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hall is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Wilbur (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wilbur is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Barnard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Barnard is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Groveland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Groveland is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Brookfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield London (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Clover Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village Fountaintown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Boggstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Morristown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Beech Brook (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Beech Brook is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook Candleglo Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village Hildebrand Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village Knighthood Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village Gwynneville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville Shelbyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Tipton County
The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
East Union (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
East Union is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Jericho ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Jericho is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Goldsmith (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Goldsmith is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Kempton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Kempton is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
Tipton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocky Ripple, see our County-by-County Page for Rocky Ripple .
Cemeteries Near Rocky Ripple ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Ripple.
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 Rocky Ripple - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocky Ripple covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Crown Hill National Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Crown Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glen Haven Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Washington Park North Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Grave of President Harrison (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
West Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fall Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Sutherland Park Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Augusta Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
New Augusta Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Augusta Cemetery The New Augusta Cemetery has also been known as:
Old Glory Cemetery Salem Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (508 more) ...
Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Union Chapel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Jackson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Rocky Ripple in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky Ripple.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocky Ripple, with the one closest to Rocky Ripple listed first.
Mapleton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mapleton is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton North Indianapolis (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
North Indianapolis is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Indianapolis Broad Ripple (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Broad Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ripple Flackville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Flackville is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville Brightwood ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Brightwood is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood Nora (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nora is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora Snacks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Indianapolis (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Castleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Traders Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Clermont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Ben Davis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Ben Davis is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Davis Continue List (23 more) ...
Maywood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Maywood is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood Irvington ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Irvington is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Carmel (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocky Ripple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky Ripple .
Newspapers Published in Rocky Ripple ...
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 394 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Ripple.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Ripple, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Ripple.
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 Rocky Ripple:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Marion County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Clinton County Hamilton County Hancock County Hendricks County Johnson County Kosciusko County Madison County Montgomery County Morgan County Putnam County Shelby County Tipton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rocky Ripple. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Rocky Ripple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rocky Ripple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.