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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stratford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stratford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stratford, please Contact Us.
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 Stratford (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 Stratford. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stratford is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Stratford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stratford:
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- North Ogilville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Stony Lonesome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Bethel Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Jonesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Taylorsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Pikes Peak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Mount Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gnaw Bone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Story
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Spearsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Helmsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Alert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Burney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Letts Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Westport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Spraytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Freetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Kurtz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Seymour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Vallonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner
(20 miles [32.2 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 Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Scipio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Four Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Queensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- North Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Grayford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Commiskey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Peoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Nineveh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- 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
- Edinburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Anita ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville
(27 miles [43.5 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 Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Zelma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Guthrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fort Ritner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Judah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oolitic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Unionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Harrodsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Highland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kirksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Ellettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Morgantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Paragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- Austin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(27 miles [43.5 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 Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford 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 Stratford, see our County-by-County Page for Stratford.
Cemeteries Near Stratford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stratford.
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 Stratford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stratford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Grandview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ohio Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Haislup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spiker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sweeney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Dobbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pittman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Stratford itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stratford, with the one closest to Stratford listed first.
- Pikes Peak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Christiansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Mount Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Waymansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Story
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Spraytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Elkinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Walesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Maumee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Freetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Surprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Surprise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stratford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stratford.
Newspapers Published in Stratford ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stratford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stratford, 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 Stratford.
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 helpful 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 Stratford:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stratford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Stratford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |