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 Tell City (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 Tell City. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Tell City is located in Perry County and is the County Seat.
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 Perry County: Crawford, Dubois, Spencer, Breckinridge (KY), Hancock (KY) & Meade (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Tell City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tell City:
- Perry County (The home county of Tell City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Tobinsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Gerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Ranger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Bristow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Derby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leopold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Sassafras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Dexter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Alton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- West Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Jericho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Sulphur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Eckerty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Taswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grantsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Carefree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Ferdinand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kyana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Birdseye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Anthony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schnellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Huntingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Celestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- New Amsterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Mauckport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Valley City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Pike County
- Stendal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Spencer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Evanston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Fulda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lamar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Santa Claus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Meinrad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chrisney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Kercheval
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Rockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Tennyson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eames
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Heilman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- De Gonia Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Folsomville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- Dickeyville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dickeyville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Boonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dayville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayville
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Cloverport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Chenaultt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Ammons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Union Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Tar Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Hardinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- McQuady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Vanzant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Glen Dean
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Harned
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Yelvington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Maceo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Ensor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Philpot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Owensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Masonville is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonville
- Browns Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birk City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Birk City is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birk City
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Hawesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewisport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Cabot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Rhodelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Concordia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Roberta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Andyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Wolf Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beechland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Payneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Battletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Cold Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Lodale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
- Sirocco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sirocco is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirocco
- Cedar Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Ohio County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Aetnaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Fordsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Olaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Buford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buford is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tell City, see our County-by-County Page for Tell City.
Cemeteries Near Tell City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tell City.
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 Tell City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tell City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waltz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cliff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bolin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Pius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thrashers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Greathouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Columbia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tell City had a population of 2,094 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tell City had a population of 7,179 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tell City, with the one closest to Tell City listed first.
- Petri
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petri is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petri
- Hawesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cannelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Skillman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skillman is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Lilly Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Evanston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Lewisport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chambers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chambers is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Tobinsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Gatewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gatewood is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Holt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Holt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Addison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Addison is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ranger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Huffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huffman is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Newtonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newtonville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tell City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tell City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tell City ...
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 Tell City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tell City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tell City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tell City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Tell City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Tell City:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Harrison County
- Pike County
- Spencer County
- Warrick County
- Breckinridge County
- Daviess County
- Hancock County
- Meade County
- Ohio 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> | 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 Tell City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tell City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |