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 Stone Head (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 Stone Head. 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.
Stone Head is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Stone Head. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stone Head:
- Brown County (The home county of Stone Head)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Pikes Peak
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Gnaw Bone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Becks Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Spearsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Pleasant View Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Elizabethtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Clifford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Petersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Alert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Burney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Greene County
- Hendricksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- New Elizabethtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Brownstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vallonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Medora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Fleming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Kriete Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Scipio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Queensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Peoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nineveh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Samaria
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Edinburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Banta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bargersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Zelma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Guthrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Judah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Fort Ritner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oolitic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Bono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Smithville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Harrodsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Highland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Ellettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stanford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Stinesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Morgantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Brooklyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bethany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Plattsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stone Head, see our County-by-County Page for Stone Head.
Cemeteries Near Stone Head ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stone Head.
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 Stone Head - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stone Head covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Reeves Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spiker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Noblet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <2>
- Beck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- David Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haislup Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Stone Head in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stone Head.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stone Head, with the one closest to Stone Head listed first.
- Pikes Peak
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Christiansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Story
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Becks Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Mount Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Elkinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Waymansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Maumee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Spraytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beanblossom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Kurtz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stone Head. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stone Head.
Newspapers Published in Stone Head ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stone Head.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stone Head, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stone Head.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Stone Head:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stone Head) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stone Head, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |