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 Wagner Station (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 Wagner Station. 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.
Name Variations for Wagner Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wagner Station: Wagner Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Wagner Station is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Crawford (IL), Lawrence (IL), Wabash (IL), Davies's, Gibson, Greene, Pike & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Wagner Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagner Station:
- Knox County (The home county of Wagner Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Westphalia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edwardsport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Sandborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Bicknell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Bruceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Busseron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Fritchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Monroe City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Verne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Howesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Clay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Elnora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Odon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sandy Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Alfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Portersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Giro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Giro is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Hazleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Island City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- White Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Linton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hoosier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Switz City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Scotland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Midland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Elliston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Gilmour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- Silverville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Burns City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Crane
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Loogootee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Mount Olive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Windom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Coal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Highbank Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Alford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Algiers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Otwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Glezen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Whiteoak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Jericho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Paxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Dugger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- New Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hymera
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Graysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Scott City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Vigo County
- Lewis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Clark County (IL)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Heathsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Oil Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Duncanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Gordon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hutsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- New Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Villas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Russellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Birds
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Billett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Francisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wagner Station, see our County-by-County Page for Wagner Station.
Cemeteries Near Wagner Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagner Station.
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 Wagner Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wagner Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Begeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Delay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plainville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McClure Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McDade Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Wells Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Light Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Price Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wagner Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wagner Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wagner Station, with the one closest to Wagner Station listed first.
- Westphalia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edwardsport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Freelandville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Sandborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Bicknell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marco is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Elnora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cornettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornettsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Epsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Epsom is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bushrod
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bushrod is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushrod
- Bruceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wagner Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wagner Station.
Newspapers Published in Wagner Station ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagner Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagner Station, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagner Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Wagner Station:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Owen County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence 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> | 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- Wagner Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wagner Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |