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 Weddleville (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 Weddleville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Weddleville is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings, Lawrence, Scott & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Weddleville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weddleville:
- Jackson County (The home county of Weddleville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Medora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Vallonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kurtz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brownstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- New Elizabethtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Spraytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Cortland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Dudleytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
- Retreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Jonesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Ogilville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Stony Lonesome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Bethel Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Garden City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Becks Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Story
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Gnaw Bone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Nashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beanblossom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Underwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Underwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
- Borden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Greene County
- Owensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Harrison County
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- Deputy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jennings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Four Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hayden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Paris Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Fort Ritner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Zelma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Tunnelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Bono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Crawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Heltonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceport
- Stonington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonington is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Spring Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Martin County
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Harrodsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Kirksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Orleans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bromer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
- Mahan Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Trotter Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Paoli
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chambersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Abydel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Youngs Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- French Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marshfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Scottsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Kossuth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kossuth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Saltillo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Campbellsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Smedley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
- Claysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Livonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Harristown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Little York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- South Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- New Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weddleville, see our County-by-County Page for Weddleville.
Cemeteries Near Weddleville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weddleville.
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 Weddleville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weddleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Hinderlider Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lanning Sput Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heighton Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Scott - Wray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pollock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- Clearspring Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Empson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Weddleville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weddleville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weddleville, with the one closest to Weddleville listed first.
- Medora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Sparksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sparksville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
- Fort Ritner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
- Vallonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millport is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Zelma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Tunnelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Norman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kurtz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Bono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Brownstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ewing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ewing is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Rush Creek Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weddleville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weddleville.
Newspapers Published in Weddleville ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weddleville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weddleville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weddleville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Weddleville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Scott County
- Washington 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 Weddleville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Weddleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |