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 Whitfield (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 Whitfield. 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 southeast 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 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.
Whitfield is located in Martin 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 Martin County: Davies's, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence & Orange.
Below are the counties that are near Whitfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitfield:
- Martin County (The home county of Whitfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Loogootee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lacy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lacy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Burns City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Mount Olive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Crane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Riceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Eckerty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taswell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Alfordsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cannelburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Odon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sandy Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Capehart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Plainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Elnora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Portersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Haysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Dubois
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Ireland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Celestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Saint Anthony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huntingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kyana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Birdseye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Dongola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dongola is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
- Oakland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Scotland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Newberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Owensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Koleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Mineral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Plummer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elliston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Switz City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Island City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Edwardsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Ragsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Sandborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Willis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Freelandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Fritchton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Verne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Georgia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Georgia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Williams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Silverville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silverville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Coxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coxton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Fayetteville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Hartleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Mitchell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill Village
- Springville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oolitic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- French Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Abydel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abydel
- Paoli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Youngs Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Orleans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Mahan Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Trotter Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Perry County
- Siberia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Highbank Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Otwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell
- Algiers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- White Sulphur Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Whiteoak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteoak is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Velpen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Velpen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velpen
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Winslow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glezen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glezen
- Stendal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stendal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stendal
- Oakland City Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oatsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitfield, see our County-by-County Page for Whitfield.
Cemeteries Near Whitfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitfield.
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 Whitfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Brook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Houghton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holtsglaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sholts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Love Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wagler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gwin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Whitfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitfield, with the one closest to Whitfield listed first.
- Loogootee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- South Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Martin is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Martin
- Cannelburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Portersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Portersville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Ironton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ironton is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Haysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Dover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Hill is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Hill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Black Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Kellerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kellerville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Willow Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Valley is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitfield.
Newspapers Published in Whitfield ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitfield, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Whitfield:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Martin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Davies's County
- Dubois County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Pike 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 Whitfield, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |