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 Tannersville (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 Tannersville. 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 and doctors 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.
Tannersville is located in Jennings 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 Jennings County: Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jefferson, Ripley & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Tannersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tannersville:
- Jennings County (The home county of Tannersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Scipio
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Hayden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- North Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Butlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grayford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Zenas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- San Jacinto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Commiskey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paris Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Grammer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Jonesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newbern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Jewell Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Bethel Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Hartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Clifford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Corn Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Becks Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Mount Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Gnaw Bone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Story
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Spearsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Alert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Westport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Burney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Harris City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millhousen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Millhousen is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhousen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Greensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Knarr Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Knarr Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knarr Corner
- Franklin County
- Enochsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enochsburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochsburg
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Fleming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Seymour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kriete Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- New Elizabethtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Dudleytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Spraytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Retreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Crothersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brownstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Vallonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Dupont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deputy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middlefork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Bryantsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bryantsburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Edinburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nineveh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Princes Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Peoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Holton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Otter Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
- Napoleon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Versailles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delaware
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delaware is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Lookout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lookout is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Cross Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Plains is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Pierceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pierceville is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Gowdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Albion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blocher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blocher is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Marshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Scottsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Norristown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Mount Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Wilson Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Waldron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Prescott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Riley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Blue Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Shelbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- Little York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tannersville, see our County-by-County Page for Tannersville.
Cemeteries Near Tannersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tannersville.
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 Tannersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tannersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Hulse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wynn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cave Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Parkison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newsom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Springer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Little Sand Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209679 <3>
- Wohrer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Tannersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tannersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tannersville, with the one closest to Tannersville listed first.
- Scipio
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Queensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Alert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Burnsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Azalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Reddington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reddington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddington
- Jonesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hayden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Brewersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brewersville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Sardinia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Waynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fleming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- North Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Switch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tannersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tannersville.
Newspapers Published in Tannersville ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tannersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tannersville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tannersville.
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 Tannersville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jennings County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tannersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Tannersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |