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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 Hibbard (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 Hibbard. 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 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.

Hibbard 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 Hibbard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hibbard:

  • Marshall County     (The home county of Hibbard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Burr Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
    • Culver
      (3 miles [4.8 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
    • Argos
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Argos is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <1>
    • Plymouth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Donaldson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Donaldson is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
    • Tyner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tyner is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
    • Harris
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Harris is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Linkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Linkville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
    • Bourbon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Old Tip Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Tippecanoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • La Paz
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Bremen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Leases Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Leases Corner is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
    • Lucerne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lucerne is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
    • Royal Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Twelve Mile
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Verona is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Nappanee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravelton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Wakarusa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Foraker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Southwest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Delong
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Delong is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
    • Leiters Ford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
    • Lake Bruce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
    • Rochester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kewanna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Kewanna is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
    • Athens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Grass Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
    • Fulton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Akron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Disko
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
  • Jasper County
    • Tefft
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Tefft is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
  • Kosciusko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Etna Green
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Mentone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sevastopol
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
    • Atwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Burket
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Burket is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Beaver Dam
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Clunette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Claypool
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Leesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Silver Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Winona Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Milford Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
  • LaPorte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Kankakee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
    • Kingsford Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
    • Hanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Stillwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
    • Kingsbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Union Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • La Crosse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wanatah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Door Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Door Village is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
    • Haskell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Haskell is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
    • La Porte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Miami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Macy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Deedsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Deedsville is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
    • Gilead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Monterey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Monterey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Lawton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawton is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
    • Beardstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
    • Winamac
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Denham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Denham is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
    • Star City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thornhope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Medaryville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Walkerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lakeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • North Liberty
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wyatt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nutwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
    • Crumstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
    • Gulivoire Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
    • Mishawaka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • South Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Zeigler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
  • Starke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibbard, with the one closest to Hibbard listed first.
    • Ober
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Ober is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
    • Grovertown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grovertown is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
    • Ora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ora is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Bass Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bass Lake is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
    • Koontz Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
    • Knox
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Knox is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <1>
    • Hamlet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Aldine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Aldine is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
    • Toto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Toto is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
    • North Judson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • San Pierre
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • White County
    • Headlee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Headlee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee

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

Cemeteries Near Hibbard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hibbard.

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

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

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

  • McElrath Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Burr Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • North Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cromley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Donaldson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (161 more) ...
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • North Bend Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • IOOF 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hibbard had a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Rutland
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rutland is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
  • Burr Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
  • Maxinkuckee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
  • Twin Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Argos
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Argos is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <1>
  • Plymouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ober
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ober is located in Starke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
  • Monterey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Monterey is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Delong
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Delong is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
  • Donaldson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Donaldson is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
  • Leiters Ford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
  • Richland Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Richland Center is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Winona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Winona is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Ora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ora is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Walnut
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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

Newspapers Published in Hibbard ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hibbard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hibbard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hibbard.

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 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 Hibbard:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hibbard) 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 Hibbard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.