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 Woodville Hills (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 Woodville Hills. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodville Hills is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Morgan & Owen.
Below are the counties that are near Woodville Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodville Hills:
- Monroe County (The home county of Woodville Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dolan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Highland Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Harrodsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Ellettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kirksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Stinesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- North Ogilville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Bethel Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Corn Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Pleasant View Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clifford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jewell Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Story
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Helmsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Gnaw Bone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Spearsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Hendricksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Owensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Owensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
- Koleen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koleen is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
- Calvertville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Tulip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Mineral City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Norman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Freetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Cortland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Medora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medora is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Brownstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
- Vallonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Peoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Anita ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Nineveh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Banta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Edinburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Bargersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Guthrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Heltonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Zelma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Judah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Erie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Popcorn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Oolitic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crawford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Leesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Martin County
- Mount Olive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Mahalasville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Morgantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Paragon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Lewisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Plano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plano is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Gosport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Arney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Atkinsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodville Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Woodville Hills.
Cemeteries Near Woodville Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodville Hills.
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 Woodville Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodville Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burgoon Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lanam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elkinsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lucas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- The Payne Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1661357 <2>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Woodville Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodville Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodville Hills, with the one closest to Woodville Hills listed first.
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elkinsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Story
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Fleener
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Yellowstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Beanblossom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Fairfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfax is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maumee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maumee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
- Victor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Victor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Harrodsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodville Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodville Hills.
Newspapers Published in Woodville Hills ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodville Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodville Hills, 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 Woodville Hills.
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 Woodville Hills:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Martin County
- Morgan County
- Owen 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 Woodville Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodville Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |