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 Sweetwater Lake (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 Sweetwater Lake. 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.
Name Variations for Sweetwater Lake ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Sweet Water Lake.
- A typical abbreviation for Sweetwater Lake: Sweetwater Lk.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Sweetwater Lake is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Sweetwater Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweetwater Lake:
- Brown County (The home county of Sweetwater Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Spearsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Gnaw Bone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helmsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Pikes Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Pleasant View Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Clifford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- North Ogilville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Jewell Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Alert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Burney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardinia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Letts Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Saint Omer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Adams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Letts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Westport
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Hendricks County
- Hazelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Cortland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Fleming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner
(30 miles [48.3 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 Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Scipio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Peoga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Nineveh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Banta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Needham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Zelma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Southport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Homecroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- West Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Acton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Camby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Beech Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Stinesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Harrodsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Morgantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Bethany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Red House ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Wilbur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Young
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Paragon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Owen County
- Gosport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Norristown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Boggstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Riley Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Beech Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Fairland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hildebrand Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Shelbyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Candleglo Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sweetwater Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Sweetwater Lake.
Cemeteries Near Sweetwater Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweetwater Lake.
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 Sweetwater Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sweetwater Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prisoner of War Camp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dobbs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- David Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <2>
- Pittman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Sweetwater Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sweetwater Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sweetwater Lake, with the one closest to Sweetwater Lake listed first.
- Nineveh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Samaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Morgantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trafalgar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Taylorsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edinburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bud is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Corn Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Needmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pikes Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sweetwater Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweetwater Lake.
Newspapers Published in Sweetwater Lake ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweetwater Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweetwater Lake, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweetwater Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Sweetwater Lake:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Shelby 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweetwater Lake) 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 Sweetwater Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |