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 Taggart (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 Taggart. 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 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.
Taggart 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 Taggart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taggart:
- Brown County (The home county of Taggart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Gnaw Bone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spearsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Mount Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Beanblossom
(5 miles [8 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
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helmsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Pikes Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(12 miles [19.3 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 Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- 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
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- North Ogilville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garden City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Clifford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jewell Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Elizabethtown
(19 miles [30.6 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 Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart 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
(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
- Germantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Letts Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- 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
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kurtz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Seymour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Brownstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Vallonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner
(28 miles [45.1 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 Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Scipio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Queensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Four Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Peoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Samaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Edinburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Banta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Zelma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Leesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Judah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Southport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Homecroft
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Camby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrodsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- 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
- Kirksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Morgantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Bethany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Paragon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wilbur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Lake Hart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Owen County
- Gosport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Boggstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Fairland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Beech Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(27 miles [43.5 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 Taggart, see our County-by-County Page for Taggart.
Cemeteries Near Taggart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taggart.
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 Taggart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taggart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pittman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Duncan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- David Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spiker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haislup Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Taggart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taggart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taggart, with the one closest to Taggart listed first.
- Mount Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Spearsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(5 miles [8 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
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nineveh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pikes Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Morgantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- 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
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trafalgar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Needmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Story
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Christiansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taggart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taggart.
Newspapers Published in Taggart ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taggart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taggart, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taggart.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Taggart:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Taggart) 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 Taggart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |