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 Chase (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 Chase. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Chase is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Iroquois (IL), Vermilion (IL), Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Chase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chase:
- Benton County (The home county of Chase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Boswell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Atkinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Talbot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Freeland Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Earl Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Wadena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Otterbein
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roberts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Stone Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Newtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mellott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Layton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Veedersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Remington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Collegeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Rensselaer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Wingate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Goodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Kentland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Foresman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Beaver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Morocco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Ayr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Montmorenci
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Glenhall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- West Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Shadeland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Battle Ground
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Tree Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Rileysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Pine Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Pence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Independence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hedrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- West Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Old Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Wolcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chalmers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Reynolds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Stockland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Effner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Sheldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goodwine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Iroquois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claytonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Schwer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Schwer is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwer
- Watseka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Donovan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodworth is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Coalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Hoopeston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Bismarck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Henning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- East Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Potomac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Rankin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chase, see our County-by-County Page for Chase.
Cemeteries Near Chase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chase.
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 Chase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Perigo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boswell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Justus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oxford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hooker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fowler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Fowler.
- The Fowler Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #318958 <2>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Fowler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184950 <2>
- Brisco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rainsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Griffin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Van Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 in 1895, Chase had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chase, with the one closest to Chase listed first.
- Boswell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Atkinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Swanington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swanington is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanington
- Talbot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Dunnington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dunnington is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnington
- Ambia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Lochiel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lochiel is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Earl Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Winthrop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chase.
Newspapers Published in Chase ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chase, 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 Chase.
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 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 Chase:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fountain County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- White County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Chase, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chase) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |