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 Tecumseh (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 Tecumseh. 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 doctors and 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.
Tecumseh is located in Vigo 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 Vigo County: Clark (IL), Edgar (IL), Clay, Parke, Sullivan & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Tecumseh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tecumseh:
- Vigo County (The home county of Tecumseh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Shepardsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
- New Goshen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Spelterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Terre Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Barnhart Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barnhart Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Town
- North Terre Haute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandcut
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Libertyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Burnett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Liggett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liggett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liggett
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Cloverland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Bee Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Billtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Perth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Staunton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Turner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Benwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Billville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Cory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Knightsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Lena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Greene County
- Jasonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- Waveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Patricksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- West Atherton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Mecca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Armiesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Armiesburg is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armiesburg
- Bridgeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Billie Creek Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nyesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Reelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Portland Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Limedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Putnamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Farmersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Hymera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Universal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Sandytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandytown is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandytown
- Blanford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blanford is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanford
- Summit Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Saint Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Bernice is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernice
- Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Farrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dennison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Weaver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clark Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Snyder
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- West Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Cleone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cleone is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Crawford County (IL)
- West York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Vermilion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Huffmanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huffmanville is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmanville
- Elbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Kentucky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kentucky is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Clays Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Nevins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Kidley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kidley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidley
- Oliver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Raven is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Bell Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bell Ridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ridge
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Ridge Farm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion Grove is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion Grove
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Indianola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tecumseh, see our County-by-County Page for Tecumseh.
Cemeteries Near Tecumseh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tecumseh.
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 Tecumseh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tecumseh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Barbour Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Denny Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Steveson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Markles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ft. Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tecumseh had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tecumseh, with the one closest to Tecumseh listed first.
- New Goshen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Markles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Markles is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markles
- Otter Creek Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Atherton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sandford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Libertyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Libertyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Terre Haute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burnett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hudnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hudnut is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudnut
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Vermilion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ferrel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
- Farrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Seelyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tecumseh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tecumseh.
Newspapers Published in Tecumseh ...
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 Tecumseh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tecumseh, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tecumseh.
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 either 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 Tecumseh:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Vigo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Fountain County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan County
- Vermillion County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edgar 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 Tecumseh, 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- Tecumseh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |