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 Skelton (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 Skelton. 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 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.
Skelton is located in Gibson 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 Gibson County: Wabash (IL), White (IL), Knox, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh & Warrick.
Below are the counties that are near Skelton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skelton:
- Gibson County (The home county of Skelton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Owensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mounts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Patoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Fort Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haubstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Hazleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Francisco
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Giro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Buckskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Mackey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Beal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beal is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Decker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Verne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Vincennes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Monroe City
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Fritchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Oatsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Glezen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Oakland City Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Alford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Posey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Barrett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Cynthiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Poseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stewartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Griffin
(11 miles [17.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Wadesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blairsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Hepburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Oliver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Solitude
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Stacer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- Darmstadt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Inglefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kasson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Daylight
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Daylight is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- McCutchanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Evansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smythe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smythe is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smythe
- Cypress
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Wheatonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatonville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatonville
- Elberfeld
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baugh City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baugh City is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baugh City
- Graham Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Valley is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Valley
- Stevenson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Chandler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Browns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bone Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Red Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Ellery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Billett
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Bridgeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Richland County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Berryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Parkersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gallagher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gallagher is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Wynoose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wynoose is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynoose
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bellmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Adams Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Allendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Orio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Wayne County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Golden Gate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Erie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Grayville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Phillipstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Crossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maunie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carmi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson County (KY)
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skelton, see our County-by-County Page for Skelton.
Cemeteries Near Skelton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skelton.
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 Skelton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skelton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Le Gier - Lovellette Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brewer Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coffee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coffee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Keensburg (IL).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105183 <2>
- Skelton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mauck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Beauchamp & Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lingenfelter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Skelton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skelton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skelton, with the one closest to Skelton listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Owensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lyles is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Bellmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cowling is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowling
- Mounts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- McGary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McGary is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGary
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Barrett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Griffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stewartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Poseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana
(11 miles [17.7 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 Skelton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skelton.
Newspapers Published in Skelton ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skelton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skelton, 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 Skelton.
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 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 Skelton:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Gibson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Posey County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Edwards County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Henderson 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 Skelton, 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' (or 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- Skelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |