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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 Dunns Bridge (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 Dunns Bridge. 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.
Name Variations for Dunns Bridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Dunns Bridge: Dunns Brg. (or less commonly used: Dunns Brdg. or Dunns Brdge.)
- While the name of this community is Dunns Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dunns Bridge may originally have been Dunn's Bridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dunns Bridge might be written as Dunn Bridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Dunns Bridge is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Benton, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke & White.
Below are the counties that are near Dunns Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunns Bridge:
- Jasper County (The home county of Dunns Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Tefft
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Wheatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Gifford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- DeMotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <2>
- Virgie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Forest City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Fair Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rensselaer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collegeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Lake Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Leroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Winfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Deep River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Crown Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Lowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Green Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Schneider
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Hobart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Merrillville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- La Crosse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wanatah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hanna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Alida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Union Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsford Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kingsbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Otis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Door Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Kankakee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Culver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Donaldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Roselawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Sumava Resorts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Foresman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Kouts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aylesworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Valparaiso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Suman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Suman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suman
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- South Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Tratebas Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Babcock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Chesterton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Portage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Medaryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Beardstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Winamac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Monterey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Star City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph County
- Walkerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- San Pierre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Judson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Aldine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Knox
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bass Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Hamlet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ober
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Grovertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Koontz Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Lee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Monon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Headlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Sitka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Illinoi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Sherburnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunns Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Dunns Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Dunns Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunns Bridge.
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 Dunns Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunns Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Kankakee Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- All Saints Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hershman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kniman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Henrys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Cornell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- DeMotte Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cemetery of the Reesurrection
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dunns Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunns Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunns Bridge, with the one closest to Dunns Bridge listed first.
- Tefft
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Wheatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- San Pierre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilders is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilders
- Clanricarde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clanricarde is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clanricarde
- Kouts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- La Crosse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- English Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- English Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Lake
- Aylesworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Kniman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kniman is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kniman
- Medaryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- North Judson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- DeMotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <2>
- Boone Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunns Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunns Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Dunns Bridge ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunns Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunns Bridge, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunns Bridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Dunns Bridge:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- White County
- Kankakee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Dunns Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Dunns Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |