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 Town Hill (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 Town Hill. 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 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.
Town Hill is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Town Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Town Hill:
- Brown County (The home county of Town Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Nashville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gnaw Bone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Story
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Becks Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Corn Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Garden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Bethel Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Pleasant View Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clifford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jewell Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Jonesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Decatur County
- Alert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Hendricksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Spraytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Kurtz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Brownstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Vallonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Fleming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Scipio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Peoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Samaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Nineveh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Edinburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Banta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bargersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Zelma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guthrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Erie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Judah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Oolitic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Unionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Harrodsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Ellettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kirksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stinesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Stanford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Wilbur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Brookmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Gosport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Boggstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Town Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Town Hill.
Cemeteries Near Town Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Town Hill.
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 Town Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Town Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- South View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- David Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Nashville.
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crouch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84774 <3>
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pittman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lanam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reeves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spiker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Noblet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Town Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Town Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
- Nashville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beanblossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Story
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Elkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Christiansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Unionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Becks Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fleener
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Maumee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Town Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Town Hill.
Newspapers Published in Town Hill ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Town Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Town Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Town Hill.
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 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 Town Hill:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Decatur County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Shelby 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Town Hill) 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 Town Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |