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 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 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.
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 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.
Center is located in Howard 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 Howard County: Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Miami & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center:
- Howard County (The home county of Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Hemlock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Oakford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Indian Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Guy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Vermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kokomo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Plevna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- West Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Cassville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Elizaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Gadsden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gadsden is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Pike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Burlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cutler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Bringhurst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Prince William
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Owasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Rockfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Ockley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Galveston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Young America
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Walton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Onward
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Deacon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- New Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Hoover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Clymers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Logansport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Scircleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scircleville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville
- Middlefork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Michigantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Boyleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyleston is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
- Beard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Geetingsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Kirklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Frankfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Reagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Janney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Janney is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
- Gaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Sims
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Swayzee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rigdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Herbst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Mier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Hackleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Sweetser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Michaelsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Fairmount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jalapa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Atlanta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ekin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ekin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekin
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Omega
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Aroma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Bakers Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bakers Corner is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Corner
- Cicero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sheridan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Strawtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Strawtown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Monterey Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Monterey Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Village
- Durbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Durbin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Huntington County
- Banquo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Leisure
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- West Elwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Elwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Orestes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orestes is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Frankton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summitville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Perkinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gimco City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gimco City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City
- Florida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Fishersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fishersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Miami
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Amboy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Converse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Bunker Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Denver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Nevada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groomsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hobbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsmith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Kempton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Jericho ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- East Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Somerset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- La Fontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Treaty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Richvalley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center, see our County-by-County Page for Center.
Cemeteries Near Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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 Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Poff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Albright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chandler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crown Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greentown Cemetery
- Walberg Cemetery
- Wooters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85209 <2>
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Center had a population of 128 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Center, with the one closest to Center listed first.
- Hemlock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Oakford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Nevada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Vermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kokomo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phlox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Phlox is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phlox
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Sycamore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Plevna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center.
Newspapers Published in 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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center, 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 Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Howard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Grant County
- Hamilton County
- Huntington County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Tipton County
- Wabash 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 Center, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |