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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 Rogers (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 Rogers. 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.
Name Variations for Rogers ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Rogers, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rogers may originally have been Roger's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rogers. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rogers.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Rogers is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Davies's, Dubois, Gibson, Knox & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Rogers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rogers:
- Pike County (The home county of Rogers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Alford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Highbank Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Otwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Whiteoak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Winslow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Oakland City Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Velpen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Montgomery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Capehart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Cannelburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Plainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Elnora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Portersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Celestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Kyana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Dongola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Giro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Oakland City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hazleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Francisco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Somerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Mackey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Patoka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Fort Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haubstadt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- Newberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Willis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Verne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Fritchton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Ragsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bicknell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Decker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Edwardsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Beal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Loogootee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lacy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Burns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mariah Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Lynnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Graham Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Heilman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Wheatonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Folsomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Elberfeld
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- Heathsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Billett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Allendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rogers, see our County-by-County Page for Rogers.
Cemeteries Near Rogers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogers.
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 Rogers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rogers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Arnold Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Delectable Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delectable Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delectable Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the east of Algiers.
- The Delectable Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bruler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2531721 <3>
- Case Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rogers had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rogers, with the one closest to Rogers listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Algiers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Cumback
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Pond Creek Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Thomas
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Bowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Monroe City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Rumble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rumble is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glezen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Otwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rogers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rogers.
Newspapers Published in Rogers ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogers, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogers.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Rogers:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Spencer County
- Sullivan County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Rogers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Rogers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |