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 Sun Down (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 Sun Down. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sun Down is located in 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 Sun Down. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sun Down:
Marion County (The home county of Sun Down)
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Charlesmac Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village Cumberland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Acton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Acton is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Beech Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Warren Park (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Warren Park is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
Homecroft (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Homecroft is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
Southport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Lawrence (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Indianapolis (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Castleton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Rocky Ripple (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
Crows Nest (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Bartholomew County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Pleasant View Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village Taylorsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Eagle Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Whitestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Brown County
Spearsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Spearsville is located in Brown County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Germantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Germantown is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Saint Paul (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Saint Omer (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Saint Omer is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Bridgewater (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Fishers (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Luxhaven (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Luxhaven is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxhaven North Ridge Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village Olio (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Carmel (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Newark Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Newark Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village Clarksville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Clarksville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville Monterey Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Noblesville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Durbin (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Durbin is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin Westfield (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Eagletown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Eagletown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
New Palestine (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Gem (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Philadelphia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Spring Lake (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
Mohawk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Greenfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
McCordsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Woodbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Denny Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Maxwell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Colonial Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Eden (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Fortville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Hendricks County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Avon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Avon is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
Plainfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Brownsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Cartersburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Pittsboro (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Clayton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Danville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Hazelwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Knightstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Grant City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Grant City is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Kennard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Kennard is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Ogden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunreith (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Greensboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Spiceland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cadiz (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Cadiz is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Rocklane (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane Greenwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
New Whiteland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
New Whiteland is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
Needham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Whiteland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Smith Valley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Smith Valley is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley Stones Crossing (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing Urmeyville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Urmeyville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville Bluff Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Franklin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bargersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Banta (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Banta is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Providence (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Providence is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Kosciusko County
Warsaw (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Ingalls (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Lapel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Markleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village Perkinsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Edgewood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
River Forest (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
River Forest is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
Anderson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Western Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Western Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Waverly (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Waverly is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Red House ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Red House is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Young (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Young is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mooresville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Brooklyn (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Brookmoor (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Brookmoor is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor Bethany (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bethany is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
Lake Hart (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Lake Hart is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart Monrovia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Morgantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wilbur (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Wilbur is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Arlington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Carthage (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Manilla (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Manilla is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla Homer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Henderson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Gowdy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Moscow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Moscow is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Mays (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Rushville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Brookfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield London (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Clover Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village Fountaintown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Boggstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Fairland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Morristown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Beech Brook (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Beech Brook is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook Candleglo Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village Hildebrand Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village Knighthood Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village Shelbyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Gwynneville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sun Down, see our County-by-County Page for Sun Down .
Cemeteries Near Sun Down ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sun Down.
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 Sun Down - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sun Down covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Buck Creek Christian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Davis Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
New Bethel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Freeman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Pleasant View Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Deutsch Evangelical Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Muesing Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Kitley - King Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitley - King Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Kitley - King Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Indianapolis . The Kitley - King Cemetery has also been known as:
King Cemetery Kitley Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85618 <3>
Luebking Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Witte Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Johns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Memorial Park Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (467 more) ...
Wheatley Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Big Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Schildmeier Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Sun Down in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sun Down.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sun Down, with the one closest to Sun Down listed first.
Julietta (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Julietta is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julietta Acton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Acton is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Irvington ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Irvington is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Beech Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New Palestine (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Brookfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Gem (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem London (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Southport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rocklane (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane Philadelphia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Mount Comfort (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mount Comfort is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Comfort Continue List (18 more) ...
Brightwood ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Brightwood is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood Lawrence (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Carrollton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Carrollton is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sun Down. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sun Down .
Newspapers Published in Sun Down ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sun Down.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sun Down, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Sun Down.
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 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 Sun Down:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Marion County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bartholomew County Boone County Brown County Decatur County Hamilton County Hancock County Hendricks County Henry County Johnson County Kosciusko County Madison County Morgan County Rush County Shelby County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sun Down. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 from Point A (ie- Sun Down) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Sun Down, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.