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 Terry (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 Terry. 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.
Terry is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Crawford, Dubois, Spencer, Breckinridge (KY), Hancock (KY) & Meade (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Terry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Terry:
- Perry County (The home county of Terry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Leopold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Apalona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Lilly Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Bristow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Sassafras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Dexter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Magnet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Saint Croix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- West Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Sulphur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Beechwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Fredonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Eckerty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Grantsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Taswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leavenworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Ferdinand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kyana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Schnellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Saint Anthony
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Celestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Huntingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dubois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Norton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- New Amsterdam
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Valley City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Valley City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Mauckport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glidas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glidas is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidas
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Frenchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Corydon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Depauw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Dogwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Laconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Orange County
- Youngs Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- 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 Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Saint Meinrad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evanston is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Fulda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lamar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Santa Claus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mariah Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clay City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Rockport Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockport Junction is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Junction
- Dale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kercheval
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kercheval is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kercheval
- Lincoln City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gentryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Warrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Heilman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Heilman is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilman
- Tennyson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eames
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eames is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eames
- Folsomville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Folsomville is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomville
- De Gonia Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- De Gonia Springs is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Gonia Springs
- Breckinridge County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Chenaultt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Ammons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Stephensport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Union Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Cloverport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Webster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Hardinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irvington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tar Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tar Fork is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Fork
- Garfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Harned
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daviess County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Maceo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maceo is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceo
- Yelvington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yelvington is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Ensor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ensor is located in Daviess County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor
- Whitesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Hawesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Patesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Cabot
(27 miles [43.5 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 Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Roberta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Concordia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Rhodelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Wolf Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Andyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Beechland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Cedar Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Battletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Cold Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Payneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lodale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
- Ohio County (KY)
- Aetnaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Terry, see our County-by-County Page for Terry.
Cemeteries Near Terry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terry.
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 Terry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Terry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lanman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Terry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hammack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Covey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Badger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phelps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frakes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bangle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Niles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hicks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Terry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Terry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Terry, with the one closest to Terry listed first.
- Leopold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Apalona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Lilly Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Bristow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Celina is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
- Huffman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huffman is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Chenaultt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenaultt
- Dexter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oriole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oriole is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Saint Croix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Terry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Terry.
Newspapers Published in Terry ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Terry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Terry, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Terry.
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 Terry:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Harrison County
- Orange 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 Terry, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Terry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |