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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Carmel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Carmel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carmel, please Contact Us.
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 Carmel (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 Carmel. 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 northwest 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Carmel is historic, it would have been located within present day LaPorte 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 LaPorte County: Jasper, Porter, Saint Joseph, Starke & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Carmel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carmel:
- LaPorte County (The home county of Carmel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Kankakee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Kingsford Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kingsbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Rolling Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Porte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Door Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Union Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Smith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- Alida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Wakarusa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nappanee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Foraker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Gravelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Elkhart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- New Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garden Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Simonton Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Bainter Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Delong
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Lake Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Etna Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Clunette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Mentone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Tyner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- La Paz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burr Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Argos
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bourbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Old Tip Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Monterey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lawton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Denham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- North Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crumstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Nutwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Wyatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gulivoire Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Zeigler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- South Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Carlisle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mishawaka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ober
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Toto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Ora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Aldine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- North Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Bakertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Galien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Avery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Three Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Niles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- New Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glendora is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Hills Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hills Corners is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corners
- Grand Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Beach is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Lakeside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Cass County (MI)
- Edwardsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carmel, see our County-by-County Page for Carmel.
Cemeteries Near Carmel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carmel.
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 Carmel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carmel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Barber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fair Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Porter - Rea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blissville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of Plymouth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84962 <3>
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sumption Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Carmel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carmel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carmel, with the one closest to Carmel listed first.
- Teegarden
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- North Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- La Paz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- La Paz Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kankakee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Grovertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Crumstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fish Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Lake is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carmel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carmel.
Newspapers Published in Carmel ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carmel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carmel, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carmel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Carmel:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to LaPorte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Carmel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Carmel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |