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 Disko (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 Disko. 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.
Disko is primarily located in Fulton County. A portion of Disko extends into Wabash 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Disko. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Disko:
- Fulton County (The home county of Disko)
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Lake Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Leases Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Onward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Logansport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Walton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Gravelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Nappanee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Jalapa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Bippus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Andrews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goblesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Harlansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Huntington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Mount Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Bowerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Banquo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Roanoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Majenica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Claypool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sidney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Mentone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Pierceton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bourbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Culver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Plymouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Pettysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deedsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Loree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- North Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Thornhope
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Laketon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- North Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Richvalley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lagro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lincolnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Collamer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Luther
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Larwill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Lorane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Ormas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Disko, see our County-by-County Page for Disko.
Cemeteries Near Disko ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Disko.
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 Disko - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Disko covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Gaerte Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Finley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laketon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Abshire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hamman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Algers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Disko had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Disko, with the one closest to Disko listed first.
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laketon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ijamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ijamsville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ijamsville
- Newton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Pettysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bolivar is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sevastopol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- North Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Claypool
(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 Disko. See our List of 1890's Communities around Disko.
Newspapers Published in Disko ...
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 Disko.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Disko, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Disko.
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 Disko:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Pulaski County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Disko, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Disko) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |