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 Webster (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 Webster. 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 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.
Webster is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Fayette, Henry, Randolph, Union, Darke (OH) & Preble (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Webster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Webster:
- Wayne County (The home county of Webster)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Spring Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Economy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Pennville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pennville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Abington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abington is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- East Germantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Germantown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Oakville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Liberty Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Desoto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Muncie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Progress
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Springersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springersville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville
- Bentonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Harrisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Connersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Everton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Everton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Nulltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nulltown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Laurel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Millville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Mooreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- New Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Lisbon is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Blountsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Corwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Corwin is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Messick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Messick is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- Straughn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Foley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Foley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Mount Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Luray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Bluff Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Boundary City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Bloomingport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Arba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arba is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spartanburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Snow Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Modoc
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Rural
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Losantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haysville Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farmland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Falmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Raleigh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Glenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gings is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
- Mays
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mays is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Yankee Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Goodwins Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Billingsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Billingsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville
- West College Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Contreras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Butler County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Contreras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Butler County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Darke County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Hollansburg
(10 miles [16.1 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Long
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Savona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Savona is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Castine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Castine is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Fort Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Coletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coletown is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Abbottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Miami County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Potsdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Pyrmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kreitzer Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Phillipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Preble County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- New Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- West Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corvin is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lakengren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Euphemia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morning Sun
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Morning Sun is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun
- College Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Webster, see our County-by-County Page for Webster.
Cemeteries Near Webster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Webster.
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 Webster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Webster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Dover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willow Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Garden Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hoover Bulla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greens Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Earlham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlham Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Earlham Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84887 <3>
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Woodbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Webster had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Bloomingport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Arba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arba is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Jacksonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- New Westville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Westville is located in Preble County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Westville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Wiley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wiley is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Economy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hollansburg
(10 miles [16.1 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Webster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Webster.
Newspapers Published in Webster ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Webster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Webster, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Webster.
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 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 Webster:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Rush County
- Union County
- Butler County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Webster) 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 Webster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |