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 Upper Sunset Park (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 Upper Sunset Park. 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 and doctors 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.
Upper Sunset Park is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cass, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe & White.
Below are the counties that are near Upper Sunset Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Sunset Park:
- Carroll County (The home county of Upper Sunset Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Yeoman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Flora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Bringhurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Owasco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Cutler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Otterbein
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Wadena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Clymers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Royal Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Verona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Deacon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Walton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hoover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Edna Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Mulberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Geetingsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Middlefork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Beard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Grass Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Judson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Shanghai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Remington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Rensselaer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Gifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foresman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Thornhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Francesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Star City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Medaryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Americus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Shadeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Glenhall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Warren County
- Green Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Monticello
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Norway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Sitka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Reynolds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chalmers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Burnettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Springboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Brookston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Sunset Park, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Sunset Park.
Cemeteries Near Upper Sunset Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Sunset Park.
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 Upper Sunset Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Sunset Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- River View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Schock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- State View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harvey & Phebus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Warden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bunnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- High Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chalmers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hughes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Buffalo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85462 <3>
- Seceder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Upper Sunset Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Sunset Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Sunset Park, with the one closest to Upper Sunset Park listed first.
- Patton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Monticello
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yeoman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sleeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
- Idaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Sitka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Reynolds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smithson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Chalmers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Burnettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Pittsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lockport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Brookston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delphi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Sunset Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Sunset Park.
Newspapers Published in Upper Sunset Park ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Sunset Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Sunset Park, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Sunset Park.
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 Upper Sunset Park:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren County
- White 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- Upper Sunset Park) 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 Upper Sunset Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |