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 Williamsport (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 Williamsport. 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 Williamsport ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Williamsport was referred to as Williamsport Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Williamsport. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Williamsport.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Williamsport is located in Warren County and is the County Seat.
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 Warren County: Vermilion (IL), Benton, Fountain, Tippecanoe & Vermillion.
Below are the counties that are near Williamsport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamsport:
- Warren County (The home county of Williamsport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hedrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Pine Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Green Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Pence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- State Line City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Boswell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Otterbein
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Atkinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Fowler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Freeland Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Gravel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Earl Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Wadena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Attica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Newtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Layton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Mellott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Veedersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Wingate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waynetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Cherry Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Alamo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Yountsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yountsville
- Crawfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Smartsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Parke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Grange Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Annapolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Marshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- West Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Westpoint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glenhall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Shadeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Montmorenci
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- West Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Gladens Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Tree Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Gessie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Eugene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Wellington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Illiana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Alvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Newell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Bismarck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Danville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Rossville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Henning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
- Hoopeston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belgium
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Hillery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hillery is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillery
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamsport, see our County-by-County Page for Williamsport.
Cemeteries Near Williamsport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamsport.
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 Williamsport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williamsport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Francis of Xavier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Attica.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86576 <2>
- McCabe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hatton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goodwine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <2>
- Ruppert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Williamsport had a population of 1,027 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Williamsport had a population of 1,837 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Attica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Rob Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- West Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Carbondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Aylesworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aylesworth is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Marshfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marshfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Stone Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Johnsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hedrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamsport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsport.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Williamsport ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsport.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Williamsport. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Williamsport and those printed in the larger area surrounding Williamsport.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Williamsport.
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 Williamsport:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Fountain County
- Montgomery County
- Parke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Williamsport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Williamsport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |