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 Wayport (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 Wayport. 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 and hospitals 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.
Wayport is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Morgan & Owen.
Below are the counties that are near Wayport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wayport:
- Monroe County (The home county of Wayport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Dolan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Highland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Clear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Kirksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Harrodsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Pleasant View Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Helmsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Gnaw Bone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Story
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Mount Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Poland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Roadman Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Hendricksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Solsberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvertville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Koleen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Owensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Worthington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Stilesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cartersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Peoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Anita ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Princes Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Banta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Trafalgar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bargersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stones Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Guthrie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Popcorn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Heltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oolitic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zelma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Erie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Crawford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Silverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Camby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Paragon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morgantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Plano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Wilbur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Eminence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Bethany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Brooklyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Gosport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cuba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Quincy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Freedom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Atkinsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Arney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Patricksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Coal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Cloverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Putnamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Fillmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Limedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wayport, see our County-by-County Page for Wayport.
Cemeteries Near Wayport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wayport.
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 Wayport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wayport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Sample Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- The Payne Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1661357 <2>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elliott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stepp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valhalla Memory Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dowell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coffey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Wayport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wayport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wayport, with the one closest to Wayport listed first.
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fleener
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Paragon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Whitaker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Gosport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Mahalasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Hyndsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hyndsdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsdale
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Clear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Romona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Romona is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romona
- Freeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wayport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wayport.
Newspapers Published in Wayport ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wayport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wayport, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wayport.
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 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 Wayport:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam 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 Wayport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wayport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |