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 Courter (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 Courter. 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.
Courter is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Courter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Courter:
- Miami County (The home county of Courter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mexico
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Deedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Pettysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Loree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Santa Fe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Miami
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Deer Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burrows
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Twelve Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Onward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Walton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Logansport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Dunkirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Galveston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deacon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Clymers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Disko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Lake Bruce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Mier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Jalapa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sweetser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Herbst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Swayzee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Cassville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Plevna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Vermont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Kokomo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Hemlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Indian Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- West Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Andrews
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bippus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Banquo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Harlansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mount Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Goblesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Silver Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Claypool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mentone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Atwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Winona Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Thornhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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
- Star City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Tipton County
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Roann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Richvalley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lagro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Servia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- North Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- La Fontaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- White County
- Burnettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Collamer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- South Whitley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Courter, see our County-by-County Page for Courter.
Cemeteries Near Courter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Courter.
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 Courter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Courter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Courter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schrock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eel River Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <2>
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Musselman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reyburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reyburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #982746 <2>
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 Courter had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Courter, with the one closest to Courter listed first.
- Mexico
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chili
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Erie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Deedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Pettysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Perrysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Birmingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- New Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Richvalley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Roann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Twelve Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Courter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Courter.
Newspapers Published in Courter ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Courter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Courter, 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 Courter.
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 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 Courter:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Tipton County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Whitley 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 Courter, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Courter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |