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 Eddy (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 Eddy. 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 and 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.
Eddy is located in LaGrange 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 LaGrange County: Elkhart, Noble, Steuben, Branch (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Eddy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eddy:
- LaGrange County (The home county of Eddy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Wolcottville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Topeka
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Plato
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Gravel Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Shipshewana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Howe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seyberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Brushy Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Mongo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Ari
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Wallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Arcola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Fairfield Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Corunna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Ashley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Altona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Era
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Moore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Millersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Foraker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Garden Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Gravelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Southwest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Elkhart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Syracuse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- North Webster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Milford Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Arrowhead Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Leesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Winona Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Cosperville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Wawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rome City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ligonier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wakeville Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Kendallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Cromwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Avilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Russels Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Ormas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Tri-Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Churubusco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Collins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Lorane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Larwill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bronson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Canada Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Matteson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Matteson is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Fawn River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Klingers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Sturgis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Bluff Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- White Pigeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Constantine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Findley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Mottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Nottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Wasepi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eddy, see our County-by-County Page for Eddy.
Cemeteries Near Eddy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eddy.
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 Eddy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eddy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sloan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beulah Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84345 <3>
- Clearspring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clearspring Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Topeka.
- The Clearspring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84651 <3>
- Lower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Gaspars Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Steinberg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinberg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Steinberg Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Topeka.
- The Steinberg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Steinbarger Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87020 <3>
- Osborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- Jordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Eddy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eddy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eddy, with the one closest to Eddy listed first.
- Wolcottville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cosperville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Wawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rome City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Woodruff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodruff is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Emma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- South Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Ligonier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grismore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grismore is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
- Kimmell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kendallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eddy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eddy.
Newspapers Published in Eddy ...
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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eddy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eddy, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eddy.
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 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 Eddy:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to LaGrange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Eddy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |