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 Waterloo (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 Waterloo. 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 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.
Waterloo is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County : Franklin , Henry , Rush , Union & Wayne .
Below are the counties that are near Waterloo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waterloo:
Fayette County (The home county of Waterloo)
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Springersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Springersville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Connersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Everton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Nulltown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Fairview (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Alpine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Alpine is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Orange (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Orange is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Dearborn County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Lawrenceville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Saint Leon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
Decatur County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Clarksburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Springhill ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Springhill is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Saint Maurice (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Saint Maurice is located in Decatur County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice New Point (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Delaware County
Oakville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Oakville is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Laurel (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Metamora (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Andersonville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Andersonville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Yellow Bank (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Bath (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Brookville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Oak Forest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Oak Tree Crossroads (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Mount Carmel (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Youngs Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Youngs Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corner Peoria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Cedar Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Oldenburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Charlottesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Charlottesville is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville Shirley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Shirley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
Wilkinson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Straughn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Lewisville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Corwin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Corwin is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Millville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Dunreith (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Spiceland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Ogden (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Ogden is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Mooreland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mooreland is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
Messick (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Messick is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick New Castle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greensboro is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Foley (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Foley is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley Randolph County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Losantville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Bloomingport (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Modoc (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Modoc is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Arba (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Arba is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Lynn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Snow Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Snow Hill is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Rural (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Rural is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Spartanburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Spartanburg is located in Randolph County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg Ripley County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Batesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Morris (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Morris is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Penntown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Penntown is located in Ripley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Rush County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Falmouth (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Falmouth is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Glenwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Gings (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Raleigh (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Raleigh is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Mays (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Mays is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Rushville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Henderson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Henderson is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Milroy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Carthage (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Arlington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Williamstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Homer (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Homer is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Gowdy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Gowdy is located in Rush County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy Shelby County
Gwynneville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Gwynneville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Brownsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Yankee Town is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Liberty (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Goodwins Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Billingsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Billingsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville West College Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Contreras (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Beesons (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Beesons is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Milton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
Abington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington East Germantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Pennville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Pennville is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Cambridge City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Mount Auburn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
Dublin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Centerville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Boston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Greens Fork (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Hagerstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Richmond (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Butler County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Contreras (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Contreras is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Oxford (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Peoria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Peoria is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Somerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Reily (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Reily is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Scipio (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Scipio is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Bunker Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Saint Charles (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Saint Charles is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Auburn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Hanover ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hanover is located in Butler County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Okeana (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Darke County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Hollansburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
New Madison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Castine (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Castine is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Long (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Long is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Palestine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Savona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Savona is located in Darke County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Preble County (OH)
The following are listed by their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
College Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Corvin ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Corvin is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin New Paris (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Morning Sun (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun New Hope (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
New Hope is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Lake Lakengren (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Camden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Eaton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Eldorado (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Eldorado is located in Preble County (OH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
West Manchester (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Gratis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
West Alexandria (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
West Elkton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waterloo, see our County-by-County Page for Waterloo .
Cemeteries Near Waterloo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waterloo.
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 Waterloo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waterloo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Waterloo Green Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Methodist Farm Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Robinson Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Thomas Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Little Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Lick Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Connersville City Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Shrine of Memories Mausoleum (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Springersville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Springsville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Simpson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (330 more) ...
Dale Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Dale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Connersville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84799 <3>
Parker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Village Creek Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Waterloo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waterloo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waterloo, with the one closest to Waterloo listed first.
Harrisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Brownsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Brownsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Bentonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Alquina (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Alquina is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alquina Milton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Milton is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
East Germantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Clifton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Clifton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Abington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Abington is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Cambridge City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Nulltown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Everton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Everton is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Dunlapsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Dunlapsville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlapsville Continue List (15 more) ...
Dublin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Dublin is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
Jacksonburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Jacksonburg is located in Wayne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Columbia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Columbia is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waterloo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waterloo .
Newspapers Published in Waterloo ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterloo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waterloo, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Waterloo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Waterloo:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Fayette County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Dearborn County Decatur County Delaware County Franklin County Hancock County Henry County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Shelby County Union County Wayne County Butler County Darke County Preble County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waterloo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Waterloo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Waterloo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.