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 Bourbon (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 Bourbon. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Bourbon is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Saint Joseph & Starke.
Below are the counties that are near Bourbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bourbon:
- Marshall County (The home county of Bourbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Old Tip Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Argos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Linkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- La Paz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Burr Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Tyner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Culver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Donaldson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Cass County
- Twelve Mile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Nappanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Wakarusa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- New Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Millersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Disko
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Lake Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Kewanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grass Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Etna Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Mentone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Burket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sevastopol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Winona Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Claypool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Kankakee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Macy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deedsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Pettysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Denver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cromwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ligonier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Monterey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Winamac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Wyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gulivoire Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- North Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Walkerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mishawaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osceola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crumstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Roseland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Ober
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Hamlet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aldine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Toto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Laketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Stockdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- North Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Servia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Larwill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Collamer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Lorane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Ormas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- South Whitley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bourbon, see our County-by-County Page for Bourbon.
Cemeteries Near Bourbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bourbon.
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 Bourbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bourbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Parks Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sandridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tippecanoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tippecanoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tippecanoe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288036 <2>
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McGrew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meredith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nighthart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Buck Cemetery
- New Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86192 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bourbon had a population of 1,064 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Bourbon had a population of 1,746 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bourbon, with the one closest to Bourbon listed first.
- Etna Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Inwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Tippecanoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Argos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Mentone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tiosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Hastings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nappanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Rutland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bourbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bourbon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bourbon ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bourbon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bourbon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bourbon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bourbon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Bourbon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bourbon:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- Whitley 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 Bourbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bourbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |