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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 Strawtown (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 Strawtown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Strawtown is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Boone, Clinton, Hancock, Madison, Marion & Tipton.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Strawtown)
  • Boone County
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawtown, with the one closest to Strawtown listed first.
    • Scircleville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Boyleston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigantown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Reagan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Reagan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
  • Delaware County
  • Grant County
  • Hancock County
  • Hendricks County
    • Brownsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawtown, with the one closest to Strawtown listed first.
    • Middletown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cadiz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennard is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Sulphur Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Grant City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Springport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Luray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Mount Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Greensboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Greensboro is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Howard County
  • Kosciusko County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawtown, with the one closest to Strawtown listed first.
    • Perkinsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fishersburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fishersburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
    • Lapel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lapel is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapel <1>
    • Edgewood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Edgewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Edgewood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
    • River Forest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • River Forest is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Western Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Western Village is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
    • West Elwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Elwood is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
    • Elwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Frankton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Florida
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawtown, with the one closest to Strawtown listed first.
    • Castleton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Williams Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Williams Creek is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Meridian Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Meridian Hills is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Crows Nest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Crows Nest is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • North Crows Nest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Crows Nest is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Rocky Ripple
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
    • Cumberland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Spring Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Warren Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Warren Park is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
    • Traders Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolfington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelby County
    • Fountaintown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
  • Tipton County

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

Cemeteries Near Strawtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strawtown.

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 Strawtown - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Strawtown had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Clare
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Clare is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • Durbin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Perkinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cicero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fishersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fishersburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
  • Omega
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Arcadia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Noblesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lapel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lapel is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapel <1>
  • Aroma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlanta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Deming
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Deming is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deming
    • New Lancaster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • New Lancaster is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
    • New Britton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • New Britton is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britton

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

Newspapers Published in Strawtown ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strawtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strawtown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strawtown.

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 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 Strawtown:

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 Strawtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Strawtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.