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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 Bakertown (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 Bakertown. 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 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.

Bakertown is located in Noble 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 Noble County: Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Steuben & Whitley.

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

  • Noble County     (The home county of Bakertown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Albion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Green Center is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
    • Port Mitchell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Avilla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Brimfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
    • Ege
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ege is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
    • Merriam
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Merriam is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
    • Kendallville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolf Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Rome City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wakeville Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
    • Cosperville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Laotto
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Ari
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ari is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
    • Huntertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunn Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
    • Wallen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallen is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
    • Arcola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Leo-Cedarville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
    • Leo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grabill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Wayne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Hacienda Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
    • Aboite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Aboite is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
    • Harlan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Altona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Altona is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Garrett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Corunna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Corunna is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • New Era
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • New Era is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • Fairfield Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
    • Auburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Waterloo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ashley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Concord is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Moore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Moore is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
    • Saint Joe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Spencerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Butler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Millersburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Benton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Bainter Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • New Paris
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Middlebury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Goshen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravelton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
  • Huntington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Goblesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Goblesville is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
    • Roanoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Kosciusko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • North Webster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Syracuse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Wawasee Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Pierceton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arrowhead Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Winona Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Milford Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Sidney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Clunette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Wolcottville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • South Milford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
    • Gravel Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
    • Valentine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • Topeka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stroh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stroh is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
    • Brushy Prairie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
    • LaGrange
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Plato
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Plato is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Mongo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Brighton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Brighton is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Howe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Seyberts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Hudson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
    • Hamilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamilton is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
    • Russels Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Russels Point is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
    • Orland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Angola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alvarado
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alvarado is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
  • Wabash County
    • Liberty Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Churubusco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tri-Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Ormas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Collins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Cresco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Etna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Columbia City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lorane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Larwill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Dunfee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
    • South Whitley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Collamer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • Luther
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
  • Saint Joseph County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bakertown, with the one closest to Bakertown listed first.
    • Fawn River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
    • Klingers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
    • Sturgis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
  • Paulding County (OH)
    • Link ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link

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

Cemeteries Near Bakertown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakertown.

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

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

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

  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grays Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hooper Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Merriam Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Boggs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fulk Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Round Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (253 more) ...
    • Swan Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake View Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolflake 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.<3>

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

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

  • Green Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Green Center is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
  • Albion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Merriam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Merriam is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
  • Brimfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Brimfield is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
  • Ege
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ege is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
  • Avilla
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kendallville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rome City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ari
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ari is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
  • Swan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swan is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
  • Churubusco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Laotto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cosperville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Wawaka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ormas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas

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

Newspapers Published in Bakertown ...

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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakertown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bakertown, 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 Bakertown.

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 Bakertown:

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 Bakertown, 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 from Point A (ie- Bakertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.