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 Bonneyville Mills (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 Bonneyville Mills. 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 Bonneyville Mills ...
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 Bonneyville Mills: Bonneyville Mls. (or less commonly used: Bonneyville Mlls.)
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 southwest 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 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.
Bonneyville Mills is located in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County: Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph, Cass (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Bonneyville Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonneyville Mills:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Bonneyville Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Dunlap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elkhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simonton Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Millersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- New Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Milford Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Syracuse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clunette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Arrowhead Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Shipshewana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seyberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Topeka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Brighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wolcottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mongo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Marshall County
- Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Ligonier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Cromwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wawaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Brimfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Rome City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Osceola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Granger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mishawaka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Wyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Gulivoire Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Roseland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- South Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nutwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Lakeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County
- Orland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berrien County (MI)
- Niles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Jones
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vandalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Edwardsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cassopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Penn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- Wakelee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- Marcellus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- La Grange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Dowagiac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kalamazoo County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Schoolcraft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vicksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Mottville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- White Pigeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Fabius
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Bluff Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Klingers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Three Rivers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Centreville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Nottawa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Van Buren County (MI)
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonneyville Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Bonneyville Mills.
Cemeteries Near Bonneyville Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonneyville Mills.
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 Bonneyville Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonneyville Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Bonneyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bristol.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86203 <2>
- Aurand Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cathcart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. John of the Cross Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trout Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adams - Neff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams - Neff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams - Neff Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Middlebury.
- The Adams - Neff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Neff - Adams Cemetery
- Neff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86111 <2>
- Geising Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grace Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Proctor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Mottville Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakgrove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Bonneyville Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bonneyville Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonneyville Mills, with the one closest to Bonneyville Mills listed first.
- Vistula
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vistula is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vistula
- Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mottville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Pigeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shipshewana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Elkhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Williamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waterford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Corey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former name for Adamsville:
- Sage's Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonneyville Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonneyville Mills.
Newspapers Published in Bonneyville Mills ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonneyville Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonneyville Mills, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonneyville Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bonneyville Mills:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Steuben County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Kalamazoo County
- Saint Joseph County
- Van Buren 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bonneyville Mills) 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 Bonneyville Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |