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 Bracken (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 Bracken. 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 and doctors 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.
Bracken is located in Huntington 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 Huntington County: Allen, Grant, Wabash, Wells & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Bracken. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bracken:
- Huntington County (The home county of Bracken)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Bippus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Goblesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Harlansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Roanoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Mount Etna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Majenica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Markle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Banquo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Aboite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Yoder
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dunn Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Fort Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wallen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Anthony Wayne Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ari
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Disko
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Jalapa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Van Buren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Farrville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Sweetser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Friendly Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pierceton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Claypool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Burket
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Beaver Dam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- North Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mentone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Gilead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Pettysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Deedsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Macy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Mexico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Amboy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Merriam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Wolf Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Green Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Port Mitchell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Ege
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Cromwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kimmell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Laotto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Liberty Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- North Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Urbana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lagro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laketon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Wabash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stockdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Treaty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Richvalley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- La Fontaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Zanesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Uniondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ossian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- North Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Tocsin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Bluffton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Travisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Luther
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Collamer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Larwill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Columbia City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lorane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Dunfee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Cresco
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Collins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Tri-Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Ormas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Churubusco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bracken, see our County-by-County Page for Bracken.
Cemeteries Near Bracken ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bracken.
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 Bracken - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bracken covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Funk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Daniel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Whitley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Allbright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Swank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Krisher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bracken had a population of 152 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bracken, with the one closest to Bracken listed first.
- Bippus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Makin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Makin is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makin
- Goblesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Tunker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tunker is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunker
- Collamer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bolivar is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kinsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kinsey is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Huntington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Laud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laud is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laud
- Peabody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peabody is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Urbana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bracken. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bracken.
Newspapers Published in Bracken ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bracken.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bracken, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bracken.
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 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 Bracken:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Huntington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Wells 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 Bracken, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bracken) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |