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 Dunlap (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 Dunlap. 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 doctors 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.
Dunlap is located in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County: Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph, Cass (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Dunlap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunlap:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Dunlap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Garden Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Elkhart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Simonton Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Foraker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Wakarusa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bainter Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Milford Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Syracuse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Clunette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Webster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Etna Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Winona Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Shipshewana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Topeka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seyberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Howe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Wolcottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Linkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Bourbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Plymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Old Tip Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Ligonier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cosperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Kimmell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wawaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Brimfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Rome City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mishawaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wyatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gulivoire Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Indian Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Roseland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- South Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nutwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Lakeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crumstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Zeigler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Ormas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Niles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Bakertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berrien Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Berrien Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eau Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edwardsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jones
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vandalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Corey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Penn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- La Grange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Pokagon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Sumnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Wakelee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- Dowagiac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Mottville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- White Pigeon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bluff Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Klingers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Three Rivers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Sturgis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
- Chamberlain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chamberlain is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunlap, see our County-by-County Page for Dunlap.
Cemeteries Near Dunlap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunlap.
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 Dunlap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunlap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Burkett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rowe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stutsman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elkhart.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86546 <2>
- Grace Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Studebaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cemetery
- The Olive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dodge Cemetery
- Olive Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Shaum's Burying Ground
- Shaum's Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #166695 <2>
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Dunlap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunlap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
- Elkhart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wakarusa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Waterford Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former name for Adamsville:
- Sage's Mill
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Middlebury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Vistula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vistula is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vistula
- Granger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunlap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunlap.
Newspapers Published in Dunlap ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunlap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunlap, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunlap.
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 helpful 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 Dunlap:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Whitley County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Saint Joseph 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 Dunlap, 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- Dunlap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |