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 Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler Center: Butler Ctr. (or less commonly used: Butler Cen., Butler Cent. or Butler Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Butler Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butler 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Butler Center is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Allen, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Defiance (OH) & Williams (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Butler Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Butler Center:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Butler Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- New Era
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Garrett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Altona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Corunna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spencerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Moore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Saint Joe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ashley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Huntertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ari
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Leo-Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Grabill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Harlan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hacienda Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Fort Wayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arcola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Roanoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goblesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- North Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pierceton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- South Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Gravel Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Stroh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Wolcottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Valentine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Topeka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mongo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Greenfield Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Laotto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Kendallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Wakeville Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Merriam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Brimfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Rome City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Wawaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hamilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Alvarado
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Angola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Orland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ossian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Churubusco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Tri-Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Dunfee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Cresco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Columbia City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ormas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Larwill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- South Whitley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Hicksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Payne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- McGill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Cecil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Batson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Worstville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Emmett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Paulding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County (OH)
- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Blakeslee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Melbern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Butler Center, see our County-by-County Page for Butler Center.
Cemeteries Near Butler Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Butler 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 Butler Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Butler Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Embrey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Swan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntertown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Auburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84950 <2>
- Mott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hooper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schlatter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Watson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Butler Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Butler Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Butler Center, with the one closest to Butler Center listed first.
- New Era
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Saint Johns
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Garrett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Laotto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Altona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Swan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Swan is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Auburn Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Junction is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Junction
- Huntertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ari
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Avilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Leo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Academie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Academie is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Butler Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Butler Center.
Newspapers Published in Butler 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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Butler Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Butler Center, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Butler Center.
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 helpful 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 Butler Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Williams 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 Butler Center, 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- Butler Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |