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 Colburn (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 Colburn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Colburn is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Colburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colburn:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of Colburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Americus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delp
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Battle Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Montmorenci
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Shadeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Otterbein
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Templeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Thorntown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Pyrmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Radnor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Delphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Owasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Bringhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Prince William
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Cutler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Flora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yeoman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Young America
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clymers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Deacon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Dunkirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Galveston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Onward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Edna Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Geetingsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Fickle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Beard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Middlefork
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Frankfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Michigantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain County
- Roberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Shanghai
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Russiaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Middleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Kokomo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- Remington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Wingate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski County
- Thornhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Groomsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Kempton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Green Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Springboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Burnettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Norway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Reynolds
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Sitka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Wolcott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Monon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colburn, see our County-by-County Page for Colburn.
Cemeteries Near Colburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colburn.
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 Colburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Cunningham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Americus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pretty Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Benham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Battle Ground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delphi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swisher - Hurtz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Colburn had a population of 252 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colburn, with the one closest to Colburn listed first.
- Americus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Buck Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pyrmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Heath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heath is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Ockley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Radnor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Harley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Owasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Delphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Pettit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Battle Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Monitor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Edna Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Ash Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ash Grove is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colburn.
Newspapers Published in Colburn ...
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 Colburn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colburn, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colburn.
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 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 Colburn:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Howard County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Tipton County
- Warren County
- White 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 Colburn, 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 from Point A (ie- Colburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |