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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 Bruce Lake Station (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 Bruce Lake Station. 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 Bruce Lake Station ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bruce Lake Station: Bruce Lk. Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bruce Lake Station is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Bruce Lake Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruce Lake Station:
- Fulton County (The home county of Bruce Lake Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Lake Bruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Leiters Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Kewanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Delong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Grass Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Rochester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Akron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Disko
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Burrows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Leases Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Royal Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Dunkirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Lake Cicott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Logansport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hoover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Clymers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Onward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Jasper County
- Tefft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Mentone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Etna Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Claypool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clunette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Hanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Crosse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Culver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Argos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Bourbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Harris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- La Paz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Macy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Denver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Oakdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Monterey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Star City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winamac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Thornhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Denham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Medaryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Francesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph County
- Walkerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Ora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ober
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Aldine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Knox
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Toto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Grovertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- North Judson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- San Pierre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Stockdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laketon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Headlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Burnettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Sitka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Idaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Indiana Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruce Lake Station, see our County-by-County Page for Bruce Lake Station.
Cemeteries Near Bruce Lake Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruce Lake Station.
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 Bruce Lake Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruce Lake Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Bruce Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barnett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cromley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bowman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reed 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 Bruce Lake Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bruce Lake Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruce Lake Station, with the one closest to Bruce Lake Station listed first.
- Kewanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Monterey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Grass Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Star City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Maxinkuckee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
- Winamac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Thornhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruce Lake Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruce Lake Station.
Newspapers Published in Bruce Lake Station ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruce Lake Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruce Lake Station, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruce Lake Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bruce Lake Station:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Jasper County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White 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 Bruce Lake Station, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bruce Lake Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |