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 Hartzel (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 Hartzel. 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 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.
Hartzel is located in LaGrange 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 LaGrange County: Elkhart, Noble, Steuben, Branch (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Hartzel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartzel:
- LaGrange County (The home county of Hartzel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Gravel Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Stroh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- South Milford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brushy Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Plato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Wolcottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mongo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Valentine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- LaGrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Howe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Topeka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Ari
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Wallen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Grabill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Fairfield Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Ashley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corunna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- New Era
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Butler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spencerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Syracuse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- North Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Wakeville Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Kendallville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rome City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Avilla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cosperville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Wawaka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Port Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Ege
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Laotto
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kimmell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Orland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Angola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ray is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Churubusco
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ormas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Tri-Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Collins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cresco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Hatmaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Bronson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Canada Shores
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Batavia is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Matteson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Matteson is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Trailtree Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Fawn River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Sturgis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Burr Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Klingers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Findley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Bluff Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Nottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Pigeon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Colon is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colon <1>
- Fairfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Wasepi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
- Centreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Edon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Blakeslee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cooney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Edgerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Northwest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Northwest is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Ainger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Melbern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartzel, see our County-by-County Page for Hartzel.
Cemeteries Near Hartzel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartzel.
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 Hartzel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartzel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Milford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Milford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weston Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brushy Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perseverance Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodruff Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Block Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- East Springfield United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Hartzel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartzel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartzel, with the one closest to Hartzel listed first.
- South Milford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Mount Pisgah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pisgah is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Turkey Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Woodruff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodruff is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Salem Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salem Center is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Center
- Brushy Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Wolcottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Rome City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mongo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kendallville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Flint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Valentine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Corunna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartzel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartzel.
Newspapers Published in Hartzel ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartzel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartzel, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartzel.
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 Hartzel:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to LaGrange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Saint Joseph County
- Defiance County
- Williams 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 Hartzel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hartzel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |