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 Sycamore Corner (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 Sycamore Corner. 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 Sycamore Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sycamore Corner: Sycamore Cor. (or less commonly used: Sycamore Crn.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Sycamore Corner is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Sycamore Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sycamore Corner:
- Warren County (The home county of Sycamore Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Pence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Hedrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Old Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- State Line City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Talbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Oxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Freeland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Atkinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Fowler
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Otterbein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Earl Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Layton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Stone Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Roberts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Veedersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hillsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Wingate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waynetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kentland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Odell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glenhall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Shadeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Lafayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Rileysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Tree Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Champaign County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Penfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Champaign County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Wellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Claytonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cissna Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schwer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schwer is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwer
- Effner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Sheldon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Coalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Alvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Rossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hoopeston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Potomac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sycamore Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Sycamore Corner.
Cemeteries Near Sycamore Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sycamore Corner.
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 Sycamore Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sycamore Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Van Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodwine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brisco Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McCabe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <2>
- Owens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rainsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Robb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hooker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Sycamore Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sycamore Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sycamore Corner, with the one closest to Sycamore Corner listed first.
- Carbondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Hedrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Marshfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Johnsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cheneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cheneyville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheneyville
- Talbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bismarck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sycamore Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sycamore Corner.
Newspapers Published in Sycamore Corner ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sycamore Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sycamore Corner, 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 Sycamore Corner.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Sycamore Corner:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Champaign County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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> | 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 Sycamore Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sycamore Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |