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 Westover (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 Westover. 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 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.
Westover is located in Marion 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 Marion County : Boone , Hamilton , Hancock , Hendricks , Johnson , Morgan & Shelby .
Below are the counties that are near Westover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westover:
Marion County (The home county of Westover)
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Meridian Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Meridian Hills is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
Traders Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Williams Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Williams Creek is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
Snacks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Spring Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Spring Hill is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
Wolfington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wolfington is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington Wynnedale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wynnedale is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnedale Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Crows Nest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
North Crows Nest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Crows Nest is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crows Nest Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
Rocky Ripple (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Rocky Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ripple Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
Speedway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Clermont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Castleton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Boone County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Eagle Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Eagle Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village Zionsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Whitestown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Gadsden is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden Lebanon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ulen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ulen is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
Elizaville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Elizaville is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Northfield Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Village is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village Stringtown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Stringtown is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown Pike (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Pike is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Hazelrigg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Hazelrigg is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg Advance (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Advance is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
Jamestown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Kirklin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Reagan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Reagan is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan Scircleville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Scircleville is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville Boyleston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Boyleston is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston Michigantown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Colfax (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Frankfort (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Manson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Manson is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
North Ridge Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village Carmel (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Newark Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Newark Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Village Eagletown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Eagletown is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown Westfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Hortonville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Fishers (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bridgewater (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Monterey Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village Noblesville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bakers Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner Sheridan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Olio (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Olio is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
McCordsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Woodbury (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Woodbury is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Gem (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Gem is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Colonial Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Fortville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Mohawk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Mohawk is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Denny Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Denny Corner is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Corner Philadelphia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Philadelphia is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia New Palestine (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Spring Lake (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Spring Lake is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
Eden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Eden is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Maxwell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Maxwell is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Greenfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hendricks County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Brownsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Pittsboro (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Avon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
Plainfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Lizton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Cartersburg (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Danville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Clayton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
North Salem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Hadley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Hadley is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley New Winchester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
New Winchester is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester Amo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Greenwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Smith Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Smith Valley is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley Stones Crossing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing Bluff Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek Rocklane (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rocklane is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane New Whiteland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
New Whiteland is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
Banta (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Banta is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Whiteland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Bargersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Providence (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Providence is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Needham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Urmeyville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Urmeyville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville Franklin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Ingalls (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fishersburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fishersburg is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg Lapel (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Perkinsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Pendleton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Edgewood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village Edgewood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
River Forest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
River Forest is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
Western Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Western Village is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
New Ross (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Shannondale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Shannondale is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale Ladoga (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Young (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Young is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mooresville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Red House ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Red House is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House Waverly (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Waverly is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Brookmoor (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Brookmoor is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor Brooklyn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Lake Hart (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Lake Hart is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart Monrovia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Bethany (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bethany is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
Hall (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hall is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Wilbur (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Wilbur is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Putnam County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Barnard (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Barnard is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Groveland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Groveland is located in Putnam County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Roachdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Brookfield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Brookfield is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield London (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
London is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Fountaintown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Fountaintown is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown Boggstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Clover Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village Fairland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Tipton County
The following are listed by their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
East Union (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
East Union is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Jericho ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Jericho is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Kempton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kempton is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
Goldsmith (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Goldsmith is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Tipton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Groomsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Groomsville is located in Tipton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville Hobbs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westover, see our County-by-County Page for Westover .
Cemeteries Near Westover ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westover.
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 Westover - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Augusta Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Calvary Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
New Augusta Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Augusta Cemetery The New Augusta Cemetery has also been known as:
Old Glory Cemetery Salem Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Glen Haven Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Washington Park North Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Sheets Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Crown Point Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Clarkstown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Evans Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Jones Chapel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (507 more) ...
Crown Hill National Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Union Chapel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pleasant Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Westover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westover.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westover, with the one closest to Westover listed first.
Traders Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Traders Point is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point Snacks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Snacks is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks Nora (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Nora is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora Zionsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mapleton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mapleton is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton Broad Ripple (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Broad Ripple is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ripple Flackville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Flackville is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville North Indianapolis (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
North Indianapolis is located in Marion County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Indianapolis Carmel (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Royalton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Royalton is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Clermont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Brownsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Northfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Northfield is located in Boone County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Jolietville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Jolietville is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolietville Indianapolis (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westover .
Newspapers Published in Westover ...
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 387 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westover.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westover, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Westover.
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 Westover:
Websites specific to Indiana Pages specific to Marion County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Boone County Clinton County Hamilton County Hancock County Hendricks County Johnson County Madison County Montgomery County Morgan County Putnam County Shelby County Tipton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westover. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Westover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Westover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.