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 Westland (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 Westland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Westland is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen & Parke.
Below are the counties that are near Westland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westland:
- Putnam County (The home county of Westland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Putnamville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Limedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Greencastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Belle Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Fillmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Bainbridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Blakesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Portland Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portland Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Roachdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barnard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Advance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Poland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roadman Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Knightsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Benwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benwood
- Billville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Brazil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Center Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Bee Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Stilesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coatesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Amo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- New Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Hazelwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cartersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Camby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Stinesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Waveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- North Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- New Ross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Mace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Eminence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Plano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Monrovia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilbur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Paragon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Hart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brookmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Martinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Quincy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Atkinsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Cuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Gosport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Patricksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Spencer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Coal City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Ferndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Mansfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bellmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bellmore is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmore
- Bridgeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Billie Creek Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guion is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Judson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Judson is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nyesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nyesville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyesville
- Rosedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <1>
- Rockville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Bloomingdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
- Summit Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit Grove is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Fontanet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fontanet is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanet
- Grange Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Seelyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seelyville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
- Burnett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Swalls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Glen Ayre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glen Ayre is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ayre
- Sandcut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Riley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- North Terre Haute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Terre Haute
- Terre Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Terre Town is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Town
- Spelterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spelterville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelterville
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Shepardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shepardsville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepardsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westland, see our County-by-County Page for Westland.
Cemeteries Near Westland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westland.
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 Westland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boone - Hutcheson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doe Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fillmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Matkin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grable Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Westland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westland, with the one closest to Westland listed first.
- Putnamville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Limedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limedale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Manhattan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manhattan is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Mount Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Meridian is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Meridian
- Greencastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Belle Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Brick Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brick Chapel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Chapel
- Cataract
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cataract is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
- Vivalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vivalia is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivalia
- Poland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Quincy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Eminence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Little Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Point is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westland.
Newspapers Published in Westland ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westland, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Westland:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Clay County
- Hendricks County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo 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 Westland, 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 from Point A (ie- Westland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |