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 Sandy Beach (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 Sandy Beach. 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 Sandy Beach ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sandy Beach: Sandy Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sandy Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Beach.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Sandy Beach is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cass, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe & White.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Beach:
- Carroll County (The home county of Sandy Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Yeoman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burrows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Radnor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pyrmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Flora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Owasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Cutler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Otterbein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wadena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Fowler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Clymers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Royal Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deacon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Walton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Onward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Galveston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Edna Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Mulberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Geetingsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Beard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Middlefork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fickle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Frankfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Michigantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain County
- Roberts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Grass Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Shanghai
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Judson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Russiaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Remington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Rensselaer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newton County
- Goodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Thornhope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Francesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Star City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Medaryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Americus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Delp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Elston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Shadeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Glenhall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Green Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Pine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Springboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chalmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Norway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Brookston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Idaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Reynolds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burnettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sitka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Monon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Beach.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Beach.
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 Sandy Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Yeoman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harvey & Phebus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- River View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chalmers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smelcer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Bostetter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Sandy Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Yeoman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sleeth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chalmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Delphi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Idaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Reynolds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ash Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Grove is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Americus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Guernsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Rockfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Beach.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Beach ...
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 Sandy Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Beach, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Beach.
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 Sandy Beach:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren County
- White 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 Sandy Beach, 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- Sandy Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |