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 Egans Point (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 Egans Point. 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 Egans Point ...
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 Egans Point: Egans pt.
- While the name of this community is Egans Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Egans Point may originally have been Egan's Point.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Egans Point might be written as Egan Point.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Egans Point is located in Noble 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 Noble County: Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Steuben & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Egans Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Egans Point:
- Noble County (The home county of Egans Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Green Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Ege
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Port Mitchell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Albion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Avilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Laotto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Kendallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rome City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wakeville Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Kimmell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Ari
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Wallen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Arcola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Wayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grabill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hacienda Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Indian Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Aboite
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Anthony Wayne Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Altona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Era
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Corunna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Saint Joe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spencerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Butler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Millersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Goblesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Roanoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bippus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- North Webster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pierceton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Syracuse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Winona Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Leesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Clunette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Claypool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Wolcottville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Milford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Gravel Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Topeka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Stroh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Brushy Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- LaGrange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plato
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Mongo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shipshewana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Howe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Orland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Angola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash County
- Liberty Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Wells County
- Zanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Churubusco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tri-Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Collins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cresco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Ormas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Columbia City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lorane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Dunfee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Larwill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- South Whitley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Collamer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Fawn River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Paulding County (OH)
- Link ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Egans Point, see our County-by-County Page for Egans Point.
Cemeteries Near Egans Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Egans Point.
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 Egans Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Egans Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Grays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stanford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fulk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Round Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolflake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hively Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Jeffries Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thorn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Egans Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Egans Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Egans Point, with the one closest to Egans Point listed first.
- Green Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Ege
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Merriam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Albion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Avilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Churubusco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ari
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Swan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Brimfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Laotto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cresco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Collins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kendallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rome City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ormas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Egans Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Egans Point.
Newspapers Published in Egans Point ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Egans Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Egans Point, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Egans Point.
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 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 Egans Point:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Noble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Steuben County
- Wabash County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Saint Joseph County
- Paulding 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 Egans Point, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Egans Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |