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 Sisson (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 Sisson. 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 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.
Sisson is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Sisson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sisson:
- Knox County (The home county of Sisson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Decker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Beal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Vincennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Verne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Willis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Fritchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Wheatland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Bruceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Busseron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bicknell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oaktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Hazleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Giro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Patoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Francisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Dongola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Owensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oatsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Glezen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Alford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Oakland City Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Algiers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Winslow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Whiteoak
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Otwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Spurgeon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Velpen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Cynthiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poseyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Stewartsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Saint Wendel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Sullivan County
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Stacer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Inglefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Darmstadt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Daylight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Wheatonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lynnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Oil Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Heathsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Villas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Landes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Landes is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Duncanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Hardinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Bone Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Browns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Top
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sumner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Birds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richland County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Berryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Claremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Calhoun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Allendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Orio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Mount Carmel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Keensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- White County (IL)
- Grayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sisson, see our County-by-County Page for Sisson.
Cemeteries Near Sisson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sisson.
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 Sisson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sisson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Dick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chimney Pier Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Warth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beedell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hartley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Beal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beal Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Beal
- The Beal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Compagniotte Cemetery
- St. Rose Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86788 <2>
- Field Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Robb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Sisson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sisson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sisson, with the one closest to Sisson listed first.
- Decker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Iona
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Iona is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Purcell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Beal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Saint Francisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Billett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Vincennes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oatsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bowman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Lyles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyles is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sisson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sisson.
Newspapers Published in Sisson ...
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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sisson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sisson, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sisson.
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 websites either 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 Sisson:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Sullivan County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Edwards County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Sisson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sisson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |