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 Welborn Switch (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 Welborn Switch. 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 hospitals and 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.
Welborn Switch is located in Posey 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 Posey County: Gallatin (IL), White (IL), White (IL), Gibson, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Henderson (KY) & Union (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Welborn Switch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welborn Switch:
- Posey County (The home county of Welborn Switch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Savah
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Savah is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Solitude
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bufkin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Hovey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- New Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Hepburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Blairsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Wadesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Mounts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mounts is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounts
- Owensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haubstadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenton is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Fort Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderburgh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Kasson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Martin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Armstrong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Cypress
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Vaughan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Darmstadt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Inglefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stacer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stacer is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacer
- McCutchanville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McCutchanville is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCutchanville
- Melody Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Melody Hill is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hill
- Warrick County
- Stevenson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stevenson is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
- Edwards County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Browns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ellery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Top
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Bone Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallatin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Omaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Old Shawneetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Shawneetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Equality
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Bungay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bungay is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
- Broughton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- McLeansboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Walpole
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Hardin County (IL)
- Saline Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Texas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Texas City is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
- Saline City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Eldorado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Cottage Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Wasson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wasson is located in Saline County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Wabash County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Keensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bellmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Golden Gate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Maunie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Phillipstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Carmi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Calvin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Stokes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stokes is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Roland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roland is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Grayville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norris City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Enfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henderson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Smith Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Mills is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Corydon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Baskett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Baskett is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskett
- Union County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Raleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Hitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hitesville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitesville
- Chapman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chapman is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Flournoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flournoy is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flournoy
- Morganfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Breckinridge Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Breckinridge Center is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckinridge Center
- Dekoven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dekoven is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekoven
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welborn Switch, see our County-by-County Page for Welborn Switch.
Cemeteries Near Welborn Switch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welborn Switch.
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 Welborn Switch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welborn Switch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Marshall Ferry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alldredge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McFadden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Absher Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seals Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Emma Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Emma Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Emma (IL).
- The Emma Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Cemetery
- Emma Concord Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #183142 <2>
- Emma's Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Abshire 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.<3>
While we didn't find Welborn Switch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Welborn Switch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welborn Switch, with the one closest to Welborn Switch listed first.
- Grafton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grafton is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Upton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upton is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Erwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Erwin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Farmersville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Solitude
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Hovey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Bufkin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Herald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welborn Switch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welborn Switch.
Newspapers Published in Welborn Switch ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welborn Switch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welborn Switch, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welborn Switch.
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 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 Welborn Switch:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Posey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gibson County
- Vanderburgh County
- Warrick County
- Edwards County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Saline County
- Wabash County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Henderson County
- Union 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 Welborn Switch, 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 from Point A (ie- Welborn Switch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |