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 Saline City (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 Saline City. 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 and 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.
Saline City is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Saline City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saline City:
- Clay County (The home county of Saline City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Art
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
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- Eel River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Center Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Prairie City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Bowling Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Clay City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Staunton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Billville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Turner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Roadman Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Billtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Brazil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Jasonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gilmour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Worthington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Calvertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Linton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Switz City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Tulip
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Elliston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Island City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Stinesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Eminence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Plano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Paragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Patricksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Coal City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Atkinsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Arney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Cuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Freedom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Spencer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Gosport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Bridgeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rosedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Atherton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Ferndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Bellmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Billie Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Rockville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nyesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Armiesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Reelsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Limedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Greencastle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Portland Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Fillmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Farmersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hymera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dugger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Scott City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Gambill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Fairbanks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Graysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Universal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Fairview Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Summit Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Blanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Grange Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Lewis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Riley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Swalls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Seelyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Pimento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Youngstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Burnett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Fontanet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- North Terre Haute
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Taylorville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Farrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Snyder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Elbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Vermilion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Kentucky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Nevins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Oliver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saline City, see our County-by-County Page for Saline City.
Cemeteries Near Saline City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saline City.
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 Saline City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saline City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Zion Gummere Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gremes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stagg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goshorn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Killion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Zenor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liechty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saline City had a population of 199 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saline City, with the one closest to Saline City listed first.
- Eel River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Art
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Ashboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashboro is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashboro
- Cory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Prairie City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Clay City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowling Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Hoosierville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoosierville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosierville
- Staunton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Asherville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Asherville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Lewis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Patricksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Riley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Turner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Coal City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saline City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saline City.
Newspapers Published in Saline City ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saline City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saline City, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saline City.
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 Saline City:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Edgar 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> | 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 Saline City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Saline City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |