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 Fletcher (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 Fletcher. 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 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.
Fletcher is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Fletcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fletcher:
- Fulton County (The home county of Fletcher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Leiters Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Delong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Disko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Burrows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Rockfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Flora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Delphi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Leases Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Logansport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- New Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Lake Cicott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Clymers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Onward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Walton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Cassville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Judson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Silver Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Culver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Argos
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Old Tip Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bourbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Macy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Mexico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Oakdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Bunker Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Miami
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- North Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Thornhope
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Star City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lawton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Ora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ober
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Aldine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Toto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Stockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Laketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wabash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Burnettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Headlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Idaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Norway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Indiana Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fletcher, see our County-by-County Page for Fletcher.
Cemeteries Near Fletcher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fletcher.
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 Fletcher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fletcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smalley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bowman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Sand Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fletcher had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Metea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Kewanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adamsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adamsboro is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsboro
- Hoover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Perrysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Green Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Logansport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wagoner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wagoner is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Thornhope
(10 miles [16.1 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fletcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fletcher.
Newspapers Published in Fletcher ...
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 Fletcher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fletcher, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fletcher.
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 Fletcher:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Howard County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White 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> | 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 Fletcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fletcher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |