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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 Whitehall (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 Whitehall. 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.
Name Variations for Whitehall ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: White Hall.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Whitehall. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whitehall.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Whitehall is located in Owen 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 Owen County: Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Whitehall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitehall:
- Owen County (The home county of Whitehall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Gosport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Atkinsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Patricksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Quincy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Coal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Helmsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Story
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Gnaw Bone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spearsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Mount Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Bowling Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Poland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Howesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Eel River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Center Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Saline City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Prairie City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Odon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Hendricksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Newark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Solsberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Calvertville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Worthington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Owensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Elliston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Scotland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Norman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Kurtz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Johnson County
- Samaria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Popcorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Guthrie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Judah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Oolitic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Heltonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Erie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Crane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Burns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Highland Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Clear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Kirksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Dolan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Smithville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Paragon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Mahalasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Plano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Martinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minetree ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Minetree is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minetree
- Minetree has also been known as:
- Billtown
- Meintree
- Menietree
- Eminence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eminence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Wilbur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Morgantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Cloverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belle Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Putnamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Reelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitehall, see our County-by-County Page for Whitehall.
Cemeteries Near Whitehall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitehall.
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 Whitehall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitehall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Whitehall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Livingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hudson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coffey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Minks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (354 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Livingston 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Whitehall had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Hendricksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- McVille
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McVille is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Freeman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Stanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Ellettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adel is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
- Newark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Solsberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Vilas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vilas is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Buenavista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buenavista is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenavista
- Kirksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Victor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Victor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitehall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitehall.
Newspapers Published in Whitehall ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitehall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitehall, 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 Whitehall.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Whitehall:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Owen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Putnam 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 Whitehall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitehall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |