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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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.
Stringtown is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Clark (IL), Crawford (IL), Clay, Greene, Knox & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Jericho
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Gambill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Dugger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- New Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Farmersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Coalmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Cory
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Saline City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Bowling Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Center Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Staunton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Elnora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Odon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- White Rose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Gilmour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Island City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Jasonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Switz City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elliston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Worthington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Sandborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Freelandville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Westphalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oaktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Busseron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Bicknell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bruceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Fritchton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Wheatland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Vincennes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Crane
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Coal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Patricksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Lewis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairie Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Riley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Prairieton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Grange Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Taylorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Weaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Heathsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Hutsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Trimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- West York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Duncanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Robinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Villas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Annapolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Russellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown.
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
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 Stringtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Clayton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Deckard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pirtle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dugger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Houck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Booker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farnsworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Purcell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Posey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Dugger.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990024 <2>
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 Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Dugger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cass is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Farnsworth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farnsworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Paxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Island City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Jasonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
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 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 Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Owen County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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' (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- Stringtown) 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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |