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 Sandford (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 Sandford. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Sandford is located in Vigo 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 Vigo County: Clark (IL), Edgar (IL), Clay, Parke, Sullivan & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Sandford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandford:
- Vigo County (The home county of Sandford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Libertyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- New Goshen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Barnhart Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Liggett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Spelterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Shepardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- West Terre Haute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Cloverland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Billtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Staunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Bee Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Perth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Cory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Billville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Art
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- West Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Mecca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Armiesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Billie Creek Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- Reelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Farmersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hymera
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Universal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Saint Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Fairview Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Summit Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Alta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Dana
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Farrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clark Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Cleone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleone is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- West Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Coles County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Ashmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Rardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rardin is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rardin
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- West York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Douglas County (IL)
- Newman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Vermilion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Kentucky
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Nevins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Huffmanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Clays Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bell Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Kidley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Logan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conlogue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Archie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Archie is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie
- Indianola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sidell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandford, see our County-by-County Page for Sandford.
Cemeteries Near Sandford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandford.
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 Sandford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ft. Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gymon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vermilion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barbour Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stults Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of West Terre Haute.
- The Bethesda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Memorial Park
- Bethesda UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959900 <2>
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pryor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (424 more) ...
- Shirley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Sandford had a population of 9 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandford, with the one closest to Sandford listed first.
- Vermilion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- New Goshen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Marley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Farrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Tecumseh
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tecumseh is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Nevins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- McKeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKeen is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
- Terre Haute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Markles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Markles is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markles
- Otter Creek Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandford.
Newspapers Published in Sandford ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandford, 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 Sandford.
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 helpful 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 Sandford:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Douglas County
- Edgar 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' (or 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- Sandford) 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 Sandford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |