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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 Grismore (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 Grismore. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Grismore is located in Noble 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 Noble County: Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Steuben & Whitley.

Below are the counties that are near Grismore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grismore:

  • Noble County     (The home county of Grismore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Ligonier
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cromwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cosperville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Wawaka
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Kimmell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brimfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
    • Wilmot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Albion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Mitchell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Wolf Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Rome City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Ari
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ari is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
    • Dunn Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
    • Huntertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Corunna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Corunna is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Altona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Altona is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Fairfield Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
    • Garrett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ashley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • New Era
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • New Era is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Millersburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Benton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Bainter Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • New Paris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Goshen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Middlebury
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Foraker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Gravelton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Southwest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunlap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Garden Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
  • Kosciusko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Syracuse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wawasee Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Milford Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • North Webster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Milford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Leesburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Arrowhead Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Clunette
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Pierceton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Winona Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Atwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Etna Green
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Topeka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shipshewana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wolcottville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Valentine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • LaGrange
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Seyberts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • Scott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Scott is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • South Milford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
    • Plato
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Plato is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Howe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravel Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
    • Brighton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brighton is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Bremen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bourbon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Osceola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
    • Wyatt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Granger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mishawaka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Hudson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Orland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Ormas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Etna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Cresco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Tri-Lakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Lorane
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Larwill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Columbia City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Churubusco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Collins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • South Whitley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Collamer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
  • Cass County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • Union
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Corey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
    • Jones
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Saint Joseph County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.
    • White Pigeon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Klingers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
    • Mottville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
    • Oakwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Bluff Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
    • Constantine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Sturgis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
    • Fawn River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
    • Fabius
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
    • Burr Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Burr Oak is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burr Oak <1>
    • Centreville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
    • Findley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Findley is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grismore, see our County-by-County Page for Grismore.

Cemeteries Near Grismore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grismore.

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 Grismore - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grismore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.

  • Hire Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shobe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Topeka.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85781 <2>
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Topeka.
    • The Eden Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Topeka UMC Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84908 <2>
  • Gerber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Byers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hawpatch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Weybright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Schrock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Topeka.
    • The Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326273 <2>
  • Continue List   (267 more) ...

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Grismore had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grismore, with the one closest to Grismore listed first.

  • Ligonier
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cromwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Benton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Benton is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Syracuse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Vawter Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
  • Kimmell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Wawaka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cosperville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cosperville is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
  • Emma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Emma is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Waterford Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
  • New Paris
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Milford Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Goshen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Milford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • North Webster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grismore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grismore.

Newspapers Published in Grismore ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grismore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grismore, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grismore.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Grismore:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grismore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Grismore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.