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 Stewart (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 Stewart. 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 and 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.
Stewart is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Stewart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stewart:
- Warren County (The home county of Stewart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Pence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Hedrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- West Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Old Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- State Line City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Templeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Otterbein
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Earl Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Layton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Stone Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Roberts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Veedersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Wingate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waynetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Kentland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Goodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Odell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Shadeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Indian Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Romney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Rileysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Tree Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Penfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Gifford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Wellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Goodwine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Claytonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cissna Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schwer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schwer is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwer
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Effner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Sheldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Coalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Alvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rossville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Illiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Hoopeston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Potomac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stewart, see our County-by-County Page for Stewart.
Cemeteries Near Stewart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewart.
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 Stewart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stewart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Redwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Van Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Goodwine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brisco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wiseman Cemetery
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <2>
- Owens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McCabe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Bartlett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Robb Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Stewart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stewart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
- Thomas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Hedrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Alvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Marshfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- West Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Johnsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Cheneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cheneyville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheneyville
- Rayville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rayville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
- Bismarck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Talbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rossville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- State Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stewart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stewart.
Newspapers Published in Stewart ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewart, 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 Stewart.
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 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 Stewart:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Champaign County
- Iroquois 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> | 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 Stewart, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stewart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |