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 State Line (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 State Line. 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 and 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.
State Line 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 State Line. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to State Line:
- Vigo County (The home county of State Line)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Liggett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Toad Hop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Prairieton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Terre Haute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barnhart Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Pine Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Spelterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Terre Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Cloverland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- 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
- Art
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bee Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Turner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Saline City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Billville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Perth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Jasonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- West Atherton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(18 miles [29 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Bridgeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Armiesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Billie Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Bloomingdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Farmersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hymera
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Merom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Dugger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Universal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Blanford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Fairview Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Saint Bernice
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Summit Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Dana
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Farrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Weaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Dennison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Clark Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Clarksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- West Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Melrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Martinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coles County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Ashmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Hutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hutton is located in Coles County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- West York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hutsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Annapolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bellair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Cumberland County (IL)
- Union Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union Center is located in Cumberland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Elbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Nevins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Oliver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Bell Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Huffmanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Conlogue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conlogue is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conlogue
- Grandview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Kidley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to State Line, see our County-by-County Page for State Line.
Cemeteries Near State Line ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of State Line.
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 State Line - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for State Line covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Dunlap Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sheets Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cummings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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<2> 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 <3>
- Dennison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liffick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Durham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find State Line in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of State Line.
These communities are listed based on their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
- Farrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- McKeen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McKeen is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
- Prairieton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Ferrel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Terre Haute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Sandford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Hutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hutton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Nevins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Oliver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Vigo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Vermilion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around State Line. See our List of 1890's Communities around State Line.
Newspapers Published in State Line ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around State Line.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of State Line, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for State Line.
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 professional and volunteer 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 State Line:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Coles County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- State Line) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 State Line, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |