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 Waverly Woods (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 Waverly Woods. 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.
Waverly Woods is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Brown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Owen & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Waverly Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waverly Woods:
- Morgan County (The home county of Waverly Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Young
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Pleasant View Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Corn Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Clifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Eagle Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eagle Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Zionsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whitestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Spearsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gnaw Bone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- North Ridge Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Carmel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newark Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- New Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Spring Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- McCordsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Avon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stilesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brownsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hadley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Coatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reno
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- New Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Bluff Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Banta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bargersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Stones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- New Whiteland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Whiteland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anita ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Trafalgar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Camby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Homecroft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Southport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indianapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Speedway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Acton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Clermont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wolfington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Wynnedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wynnedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Warren Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dolan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Stinesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Quincy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Gosport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Belle Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Groveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Fillmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Cloverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barnard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Boggstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Fairland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clover Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Mount Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Beech Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Hildebrand Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Riley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fountaintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waverly Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Waverly Woods.
Cemeteries Near Waverly Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waverly Woods.
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 Waverly Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waverly Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- MacKenzie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Waverly.
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Waverly IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85505 <3>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mallow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McColgin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Flake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carmen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Waverly Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waverly Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waverly Woods, with the one closest to Waverly Woods listed first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Banta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bluff Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Kinder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kinder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Exchange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Exchange is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Landersdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Landersdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landersdale
- Bargersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Camby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cope is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chetwynd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chetwynd is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetwynd
- Friendswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
- Glenns Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenns Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waverly Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waverly Woods.
Newspapers Published in Waverly Woods ...
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 387 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waverly Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waverly Woods, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waverly Woods.
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 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 Waverly Woods:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hendricks County
- Johnson County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Owen County
- Putnam 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 '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- Waverly Woods) 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 Waverly Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |