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 Thomas (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 Thomas. 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.
Thomas is located in Davies's 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 Davies's County: Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Thomas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomas:
- Davies's County (The home county of Thomas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Capehart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Plainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Alfordsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Elnora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Odon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Portersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ireland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Dubois
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Celestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Saint Anthony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Giro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Dongola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Hazleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Francisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Francisco is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Patoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Patoka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
- Somerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mackey is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Buckskin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buckskin is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Newberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Island City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Scotland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- White Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Plummer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Linton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Switz City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Willis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Ragsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Verne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Bicknell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fritchton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Edwardsport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vincennes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Freelandville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Westphalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Decker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Loogootee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windom
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Burns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Lacy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Crane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Alford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Highbank Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Algiers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Glezen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Whiteoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Winslow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oatsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
- Oakland City Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Velpen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Paxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Gambill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Warrick County
- Lynnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Heathsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Billett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Saint Francisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Allendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Orio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orio is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Patton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Patton is located in Wabash County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomas, see our County-by-County Page for Thomas.
Cemeteries Near Thomas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomas.
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 Thomas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arnold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Veale Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <2>
- Freeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Old Town Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Thomas had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomas, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Maysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maysville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Pond Creek Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Creek Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Mills
- Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Cumback
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumback is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumback
- Jordan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Monroe City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Black Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Algiers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Bowman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thomas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomas.
Newspapers Published in Thomas ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomas, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomas.
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 helpful 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 Thomas:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Davies's County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Martin County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Warrick County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Wabash 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 Thomas, 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' (or 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- Thomas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |