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 Creston (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 Creston. 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.
Creston is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Blackford, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Creston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Creston:
- Delaware County (The home county of Creston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Muncie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Andersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Desoto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Selma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Cowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Eaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Millgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Shamrock Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Hartford City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ridertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Renner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Montpelier
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Matthews
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Fowlerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlerton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Upland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fairmount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gas City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arcana
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Friendly Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Hackleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Rigdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Farrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Marion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Aroma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Omega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Durbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Durbin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Strawtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Strawtown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Shirley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
- Warrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warrington is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Wilkinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Branch is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Branch
- Eden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Springport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blountsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Middletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Foley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Foley is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Messick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Messick is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- Mooreland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cadiz
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cadiz is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- New Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Dunkirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Pony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Bluff Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Pennville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boundary City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Portland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fiat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Antiville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Kosciusko County
- Warsaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Chesterfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Summitville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Glyn Ellen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glyn Ellen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyn Ellen
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gimco City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gimco City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City
- North Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Anderson
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Orestes
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orestes is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Woodlawn Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Parker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Farmland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Losantville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stone is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rural
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rural is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tipton County
- Hobbs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Economy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hagerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Dublin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
- Greens Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Auburn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Fountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Germantown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Pennville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Keystone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Nottingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Phenix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Petroleum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Darke County (OH)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Darke County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Creston, see our County-by-County Page for Creston.
Cemeteries Near Creston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Creston.
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 Creston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Creston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Muncie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84289 <2>
- Parker Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cullen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Ridge Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tomlinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Truitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bortsfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sparr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nottingham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McKinley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Creston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Creston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Creston, with the one closest to Creston listed first.
- Muncie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Royerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Royerton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royerton
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Selma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anthony
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Shideler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shideler is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shideler
- Cammack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cammack is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack
- Cowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cowan is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- New Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Burlington is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oakville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Parker City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Creston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Creston.
Newspapers Published in Creston ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Creston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Creston, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Creston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Creston:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blackford County
- Grant County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Randolph County
- Tipton County
- Wayne County
- Wells County
- Darke 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 Creston, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Creston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |