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 Erie (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 Erie. 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 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.
Erie is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Erie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erie:
- Miami County (The home county of Erie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Oakdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Pettysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Santa Fe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Gilead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Loree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Bunker Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Amboy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Deer Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Twelve Mile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Walton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Logansport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deacon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Leases Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Verona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Dunkirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Lucerne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Clymers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Disko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Leiters Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Jalapa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Sweetser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sims
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Herbst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Swayzee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Van Buren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Gas City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendly Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Plevna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Vermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kokomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hemlock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Indian Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- West Middleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Andrews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banquo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Bippus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Harlansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mount Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Huntington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Majenica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Goblesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Bowerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Silver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Claypool
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burket
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winona Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Pulaski County
- Thornhope
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Nevada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Richvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lagro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Servia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- La Fontaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- North Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Collamer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- South Whitley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erie, see our County-by-County Page for Erie.
Cemeteries Near Erie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erie.
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 Erie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Schrock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Richvalley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Courter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <2>
- Clayton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Huff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reyburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reyburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #982746 <2>
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gamble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Erie had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erie, with the one closest to Erie listed first.
- Richvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Chili
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Courter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pettysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- New Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Santa Fe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Perrysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Bunker Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erie.
Newspapers Published in Erie ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Erie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erie, 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 Erie.
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 Erie:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Tipton 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> | 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 Erie, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Erie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |