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 Grass Creek (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 Grass Creek. 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 Grass Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grass Creek: Grass Crk. (or less commonly used: Grass Ck. or Grass Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grass Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grass Creek.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Grass Creek 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 Grass Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grass Creek:
- Fulton County (The home county of Grass Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Kewanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Bruce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Leiters Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Akron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Disko
(24 miles [38.6 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 Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Burrows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Deer Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yeoman
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Bringhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Leases Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Royal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Dunkirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hoover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- New Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Howard County
- Cassville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Claypool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Culver
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Tippecanoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Plymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Bourbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Macy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Bunker Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Miami
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Thornhope
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Star City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lawton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Medaryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Ora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Aldine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Ober
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Grovertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- San Pierre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Stockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Laketon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Headlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Burnettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Indiana Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grass Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Grass Creek.
Cemeteries Near Grass Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grass Creek.
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 Grass Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grass Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Grass Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smalley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barnett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Victor Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mull Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grass Creek had a population of 15 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grass Creek, with the one closest to Grass Creek listed first.
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Kewanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lucerne
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Thornhope
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Royal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Star City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Green Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Leiters Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Winamac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Headlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grass Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grass Creek.
Newspapers Published in Grass Creek ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grass Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grass Creek, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grass Creek.
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 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 Grass Creek:
- 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 Grass Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grass Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |