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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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 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.
Greenwood is located in Wells 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 Wells County: Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington & Jay.
Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:
- Wells County (The home county of Greenwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Ossian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tocsin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Uniondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Craigville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Travisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Vera Cruz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Liberty Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Magley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Honduras
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Decatur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coppess Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Berne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Yoder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hoagland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aboite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Indian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Fort Wayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Hacienda Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Montpelier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Hartford City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Renner ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Millgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Farrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Friendly Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Arcana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Markle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roanoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Bowerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Majenica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- River
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Goblesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Harlansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mount Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Andrews
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Fiat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Pennville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bryant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Jay City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Antiville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Pony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Trinity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Greene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- Laotto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Lincolnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lagro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- La Fontaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Servia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Dunfee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Luther
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Collins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Churubusco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Columbia City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Whitley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Collamer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Tri-Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Skeels Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scudder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Willshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Schumm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Convoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.
Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.
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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- El Honan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horeb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bluffton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fair View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Hoverstock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spider Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Greenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
- Kingsland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Ossian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Uniondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Murray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Tocsin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Craigville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Curryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Magley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peterson is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Preble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Markle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nine Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.
Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.
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 either 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 Greenwood:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wells County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Blackford County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Whitley County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert 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 Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |