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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 Stony Lonesome (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 Stony Lonesome. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County.

To see how the shape of Indiana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Stony Lonesome. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stony Lonesome:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stony Lonesome, see our County-by-County Page for Stony Lonesome.

Cemeteries Near Stony Lonesome ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stony Lonesome.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stony Lonesome covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stony Lonesome, with the one closest to Stony Lonesome listed first.

  • Dobbs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Haislup Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haislup Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haislup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lawton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pittman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pittman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pittman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spiker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spiker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spiker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ohio Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sweeney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeves Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Moffitt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moffitt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moffitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Stony Lonesome in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stony Lonesome.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stony Lonesome, with the one closest to Stony Lonesome listed first.

  • Mount Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stratford ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
    • Stratford is located in Marion County
  • Pikes Peak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Corn Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Becks Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Walesboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
    • Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
  • Columbus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Taylorsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christiansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
    • Christiansburg is located in Brown County
  • Waymansville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waymansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
    • Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
  • Nashville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Story
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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    • Waynesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
      • Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Beanblossom
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stony Lonesome. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Lonesome.

Newspapers Published in Stony Lonesome ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Lonesome.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stony Lonesome, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stony Lonesome.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Stony Lonesome:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stony Lonesome. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bartholomew County: www.bartholomewco.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Stony Lonesome, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Lonesome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stony Lonesome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2000, Longitude: -86.0643    









 

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