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 Waynetown (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 Waynetown. 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 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.
Waynetown is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Waynetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waynetown:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Waynetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Wesley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Wingate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Yountsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Alamo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Crawfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Garfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Smartsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- North Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Otterbein
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Thorntown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Pike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Manson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Mulberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Edna Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mellott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Wallace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Newtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Veedersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stone Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Harveysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- North Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lizton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Byron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Grange Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Guion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Marshall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Annapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Judson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nyesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Bellmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- West Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Billie Creek Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Russellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Portland Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Blakesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Roachdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Bainbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Odell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gladens Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Glenhall
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Shadeland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Clarks Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Perrysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Cayuga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Rileysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Alta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alta is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Summit Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- West Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Foster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Green Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- State Line City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- State Line
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Pine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hedrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Illiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Newell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Meeks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Belgium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Tilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waynetown, see our County-by-County Page for Waynetown.
Cemeteries Near Waynetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waynetown.
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 Waynetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waynetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Potts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tally Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willhite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Short Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Turkey Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fruits Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yountsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Breaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- Harshbarger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Waynetown had a population of 576 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Waynetown had a population of 963 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waynetown, with the one closest to Waynetown listed first.
- Wesley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Wingate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yountsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Mellott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Alamo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Wallace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- New Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Steam Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Steam Corner is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corner
- Cherry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Crawfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Veedersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Yeddo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yeddo is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeddo
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waynetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waynetown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Waynetown ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waynetown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Waynetown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Waynetown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Waynetown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Waynetown.
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 Waynetown:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Hendricks County
- Parke County
- Putnam County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- Vermilion 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> | 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 Waynetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Waynetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |