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 Walesboro (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 Walesboro. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Walesboro is located in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County: Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Walesboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walesboro:
- Bartholomew County (The home county of Walesboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Bethel Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Columbus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Jewell Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- North Ogilville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Corn Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Petersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Stony Lonesome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Clifford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Grammer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Becks Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Mount Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Gnaw Bone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Story
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Beanblossom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Spearsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Helmsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Alert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Harper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Westport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Burney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Letts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Letts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Germantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Cortland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Seymour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spraytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Fleming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Kriete Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kriete Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kriete Corner
- New Elizabethtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Freetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Brownstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Kurtz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Retreat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deputy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Scipio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Hayden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Queensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Four Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- North Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Butlerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grayford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grayford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayford
- Zenas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Commiskey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Edinburgh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nineveh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Peoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Amity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Trafalgar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Needham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Zelma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Heltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Erie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Monroe County
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Morgantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Ripley County
- Holton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rush County
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Austin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Norristown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wilson Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Prescott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Riley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Boggstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Little York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Plattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walesboro, see our County-by-County Page for Walesboro.
Cemeteries Near Walesboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walesboro.
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 Walesboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walesboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Daugherty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209679 <2>
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Newsom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garland Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sweeney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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, Walesboro had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walesboro, with the one closest to Walesboro listed first.
- Waynesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Columbus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Azalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Corn Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Petersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Waymansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymansville
- Peters Switch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
- Reddington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reddington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddington
- Burnsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Nortonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nortonburg is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clifford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Stratford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walesboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walesboro.
Newspapers Published in Walesboro ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walesboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walesboro, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walesboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Walesboro:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Bartholomew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Ripley County
- Rush County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Washington 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 Walesboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Walesboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |