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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 Mishawaka (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 Mishawaka. 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 and hospitals 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.

Mishawaka is located in Larimer County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Larimer County: Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Weld, Albany (WY) & Laramie (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Mishawaka. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mishawaka:

  • Larimer County     (The home county of Mishawaka)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mishawaka, with the one closest to Mishawaka listed first.
    • Stove Prairie Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bellvue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Livermore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rustic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rustic is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic
    • Laporte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Manhattan ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Manhattan is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
    • Red Feather Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stout ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stout is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Waverly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Waverly is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Glen Haven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Horsetooth Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
    • Masonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Boulder County
    • Noland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Noland is located in Boulder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
  • Grand County
    • Lulu City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lulu City is located in Grand County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu City
  • Weld County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mishawaka, with the one closest to Mishawaka listed first.
    • Severance
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Dover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Carr
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nunn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Albany County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mishawaka, with the one closest to Mishawaka listed first.
    • Hermosa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Hermosa is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
    • Tie Siding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Buford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Sherman ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sherman is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Sherman has also been known as:
      • Old Sherman
  • Laramie County (WY)
    • Granite Canon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Granite Canon is located in Laramie County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mishawaka, see our County-by-County Page for Mishawaka.

Cemeteries Near Mishawaka ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mishawaka.

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 Mishawaka - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mishawaka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mishawaka, with the one closest to Mishawaka listed first.

  • Adams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Vannorsdel Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Stoney Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bania Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Azuba Batterson Grave
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charles C Green Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Williams Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kitty Lyon Grave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thomson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lass Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittington Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lamb Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Edward Halliday Grave
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Martin Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ralph Darby Grave
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

While we didn't find Mishawaka in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mishawaka.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mishawaka, with the one closest to Mishawaka listed first.

  • Bellvue
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Livermore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Laporte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Manhattan ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Manhattan is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
  • Stout ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stout is located in Larimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Fort Collins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Virginia Dale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Estes Park
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Timnath
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Loveland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,659 people
      • Former names for Windsor:
      • New Liberty
      • New Windsor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <1>
    • Dale Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dale Creek is located in Albany County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
    • Tie Siding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Dover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dover is located in Weld County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Carr
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mishawaka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mishawaka.

Newspapers Published in Mishawaka ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mishawaka.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mishawaka, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mishawaka.

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 Mishawaka:

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 Mishawaka, 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- Mishawaka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.