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 Bell Center (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 Bell Center. 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 Bell Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bell Center: Bell Ctr. (or less commonly used: Bell Cen., Bell Cent. or Bell Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bell Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bell Center.
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.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Bell Center is located in White 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 White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Bell Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bell Center:
- White County (The home county of Bell Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Headlee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Burnettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Indiana Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reynolds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Chalmers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Springboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Yeoman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Burrows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Deer Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Flora
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Radnor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Cutler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Pyrmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Royal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Lucerne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Clymers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Dunkirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Deacon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- New Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Walton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Grass Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Delong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Gifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Collegeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Remington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tefft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Egypt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Wheatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Culver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Macy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Thornhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winamac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Francesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Medaryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Ora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Aldine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Bass Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- North Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- San Pierre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Ober
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Americus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bell Center, see our County-by-County Page for Bell Center.
Cemeteries Near Bell Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bell Center.
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 Bell Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bell Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Bell Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leazenby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hoover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Buffalo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85462 <2>
- Warden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Cutler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- State View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bell Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bell Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bell Center, with the one closest to Bell Center listed first.
- Headlee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Burnettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Royal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thornhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lockport is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Lucerne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Winamac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bell Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bell Center.
Newspapers Published in Bell Center ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bell Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bell Center, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bell Center.
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 websites either 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 Bell Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bell Center) 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 Bell Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |