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 Harris (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 Harris. 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 and doctors 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.
Harris is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Saint Joseph & Starke.
Below are the counties that are near Harris. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris:
- Marshall County (The home county of Harris)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Linkville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- La Paz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tyner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Argos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bourbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Old Tip Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Nappanee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wakarusa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Foraker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Southwest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- New Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunlap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Elkhart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Delong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Bruce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Kewanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Akron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Etna Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Mentone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Leesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sevastopol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Beaver Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Syracuse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Kankakee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Kingsford Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kingsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Rolling Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- La Porte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Door Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Smith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- Haskell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Denham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Winamac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Lakeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Gulivoire Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Crumstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Mishawaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Zeigler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Osceola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ober
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Toto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Aldine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- North Judson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Bakertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Galien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Niles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Three Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cass County (MI)
- Edwardsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris, see our County-by-County Page for Harris.
Cemeteries Near Harris ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris.
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 Harris - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Fairmount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Plymouth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84962 <3>
- Nighthart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Buck Cemetery
- New Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86192 <3>
- Blissville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Donaldson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Porter - Rea Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harris had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- Linkville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- La Paz Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- La Paz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Teegarden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Twin Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Inwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inwood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grovertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hibbard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hibbard is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
- Burr Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris.
Newspapers Published in Harris ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harris.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Harris:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Berrien County
- Cass 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> | 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- Harris) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Harris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |