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 Wilfred (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 Wilfred. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Wilfred is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Clark (IL), Crawford (IL), Clay, Greene, Knox & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Wilfred. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilfred:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Wilfred)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Hymera
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Shelburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Farmersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Scotchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Dugger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Gambill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Paxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- New Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Coalmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Eel River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Saline City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Art
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Center Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Cloverland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Staunton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Bowling Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Turner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Elnora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Odon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Gilmour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Hoosier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- White Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Linton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Switz City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elliston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Calvertville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Sandborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Freelandville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Oaktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Busseron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Edwardsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Bicknell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Coal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Denmark
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Arney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Patricksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Freedom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Atkinsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- West Atherton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Atherton is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atherton
- Numa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Numa is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
- Rosedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Vermillion County
- Universal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Universal is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Lewis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairie Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Youngstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Vigo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Riley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Prairieton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Grange Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grange Corner is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Swalls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Swalls is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swalls
- Taylorville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- West Terre Haute
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Weaver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Farrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Dennison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Hogue Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Hutsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Heathsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Duncanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Annapolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Oil Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Stoy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stoy is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoy <1>
- Edgar County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Elbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elbridge is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Oliver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Nevins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevins is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
- Vermilion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Russellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Birds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilfred, see our County-by-County Page for Wilfred.
Cemeteries Near Wilfred ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilfred.
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 Wilfred - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilfred covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Flock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Knights of Columbus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Farmersburg.
- The Westlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87340 <2>
- Walls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Farnsworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Burris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Wilfred in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilfred.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilfred, with the one closest to Wilfred listed first.
- Jackson Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jackson Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Shelburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hymera
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Farmersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farnsworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Farnsworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Cass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cass is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Lewis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Jasonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pimento
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Dugger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairbanks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Howesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilfred. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilfred.
Newspapers Published in Wilfred ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilfred.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilfred, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilfred.
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 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 Wilfred:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Edgar County
- Lawrence 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> | 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- Wilfred) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Wilfred, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |