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 Rosebud (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 Rosebud. 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.
Rosebud is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence, Orange & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Rosebud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosebud:
- Washington County (The home county of Rosebud)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Livonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Hardinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smedley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Claysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Campbellsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Pekin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Saltillo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Harristown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- South Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Kossuth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Borden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Providence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Broom Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Starlight
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Bennettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Henryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Slatecut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Underwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- Sellersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blackiston Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackiston Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Marengo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pilot Knob
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- English
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carefree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Grantsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Leavenworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Taswell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beechwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Sulphur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Eckerty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Norton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Hillham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Birdseye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Floyds Knobs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Depauw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Frenchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Ramsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Corydon Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- New Salisbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Corydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Central
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Medora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Vallonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brownstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crothersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dudleytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Retreat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Bono
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Stonington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Fort Ritner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Lawrenceport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Spring Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Tunnelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Georgia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hartleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Erie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Bromer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Trotter Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Chambersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Leipsic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Paoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orleans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Abydel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- French Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- Saint Croix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Scottsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Jefferson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Parkland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkland is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
- Saint Dennis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Cedar Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Wolf Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosebud, see our County-by-County Page for Rosebud.
Cemeteries Near Rosebud ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosebud.
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 Rosebud - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosebud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smith - Miller Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coggswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardinsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardinsburg Unity Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Walton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Voyles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Rosebud in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosebud.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosebud, with the one closest to Rosebud listed first.
- Organ Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Organ Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Springs
- Livonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Hardinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rego is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rego
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smedley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Claysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Hitchcock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hitchcock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
- Campbellsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bromer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stampers Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stampers Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampers Creek
- Chambersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Farabee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farabee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farabee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosebud. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosebud.
Newspapers Published in Rosebud ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosebud.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosebud, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosebud.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rosebud:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Harrison County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Jefferson County
- Meade 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 Rosebud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rosebud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |