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 Fargo (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 Fargo. 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 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.
Fargo is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Iroquois (IL), Vermilion (IL), Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Fargo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fargo:
- Benton County (The home county of Fargo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Oxford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Templeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Boswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Otterbein
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Talbot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Dunn ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dunn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Wadena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Freeland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
- Ambia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ambia is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Earl Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Yeoman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roberts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Stone Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Mellott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Layton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Veedersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Remington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Egypt
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Collegeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Rensselaer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Wingate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Richmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Goodland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Kentland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foresman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Beaver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Mount Ayr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Morocco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Montmorenci
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Glenhall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenhall is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall
- Westpoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lafayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Odell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Shadeland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Elston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Battle Ground
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Delp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Romney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion County
- Tree Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Pine Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Green Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Williamsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Old Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Hedrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hedrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- State Line City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Wolcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brookston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chalmers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Springboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Reynolds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Stockland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Effner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Wellington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sheldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Iroquois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claytonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schwer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schwer is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwer
- Watseka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donovan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vermilion County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Coalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coalton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Hoopeston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alvin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Alvin has also been known as:
- Alvan Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
- Rossville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bismarck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Henning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Lynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Potomac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fargo, see our County-by-County Page for Fargo.
Cemeteries Near Fargo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fargo.
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 Fargo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fargo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Justus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oxford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Perigo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hooker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fowler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Fowler.
- The Fowler Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #318958 <2>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Fowler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184950 <2>
- Rainsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timmons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brisco Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Fargo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fargo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fargo, with the one closest to Fargo listed first.
- Oxford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Templeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Atkinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Pine Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Swanington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swanington is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanington
- Boswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Otterbein
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Talbot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winthrop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winthrop is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lochiel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lochiel is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Green Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fargo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fargo.
Newspapers Published in Fargo ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fargo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fargo, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fargo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Fargo:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Fountain County
- Jasper County
- Montgomery County
- Newton County
- Tippecanoe County
- Vermillion County
- Warren County
- White County
- Iroquois County
- Vermilion 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 Fargo, 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 from Point A (ie- Fargo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |