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 Circle Park (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 Circle Park. 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.
Circle Park is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Branch (MI), Hillsdale (MI) & Williams (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Circle Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Circle Park:
- Steuben County (The home county of Circle Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Russels Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Hamilton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Alvarado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Pleasant Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Ray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Orland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Grabill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harlan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ari
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hacienda Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Butler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corunna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spencerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Altona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Stroh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Gravel Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Brushy Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- South Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Greenfield Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Mongo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Brighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wolcottville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Valentine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Howe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Wakeville Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Kendallville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Avilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laotto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rome City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Brimfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Green Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cosperville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Port Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wawaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whitley County
- Churubusco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Ray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Canada Shores
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Fisher
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Hatmaker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Batavia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Batavia is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Bronson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trailtree Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Matteson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Matteson is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Camden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Frontier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Ransom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Shadyside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Steamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Lickly Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Waldron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Allen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Fawn River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Hicksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ney is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ney <1>
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cecil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Emmett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Edon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Blakeslee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Edgerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cooney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Ainger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Northwest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northwest is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Melbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Montpelier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jim Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bryan is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Circle Park, see our County-by-County Page for Circle Park.
Cemeteries Near Circle Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Circle Park.
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 Circle Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Circle Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Otsego Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Teegardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eddy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Otsgeo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barkers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Rude Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rude Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rude Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Butler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86641 <2>
- Edon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boisher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Circle Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Circle Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Circle Park, with the one closest to Circle Park listed first.
- Hamilton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Alvarado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Ellis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ellis is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Metz
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Pleasant Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Artic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Artic is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
- Edon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Angola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Butler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blakeslee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Edgerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Circle Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Circle Park.
Newspapers Published in Circle Park ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Circle Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Circle Park, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Circle Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Circle Park:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Saint Joseph County
- Defiance County
- Paulding 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> | 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- Circle Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Circle Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |