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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 Highbanks (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 Highbanks. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Highbanks is located in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County: Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Wabash & Whitley.

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

  • Kosciusko County     (The home county of Highbanks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • North Webster
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Arrowhead Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arrowhead Park is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Wawasee Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wawasee Village is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Syracuse
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Syracuse is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,856 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <1>
    • Pierceton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Leesburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Milford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Winona Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford Junction is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Clunette
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Clunette is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Sidney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sidney is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Atwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Atwood is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Claypool
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Ari
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ari is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
    • Arcola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunn Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
    • Huntertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wallen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Wallen is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
    • Aboite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Aboite is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • 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
    • Garrett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Corunna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Corunna is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • New Era
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • New Era is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • Fairfield Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
      • Former name for Fairfield Center:
      • Fairfield Centre
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Benton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Millersburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • New Paris
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bainter Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • Gravelton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Foraker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Nappanee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Goshen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Southwest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Wakarusa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Middlebury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dunlap
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Bristol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Akron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Disko
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
    • Athens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
  • Huntington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Goblesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Goblesville is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
    • Bippus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bippus is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
    • Roanoke
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Topeka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolcottville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Valentine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • Shipshewana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • South Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
    • LaGrange
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seyberts
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • Gravel Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
    • Plato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Plato is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Scott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Scott is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Howe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stroh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stroh is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Bourbon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Old Tip Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Tippecanoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bremen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Argos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Miami County
    • Gilead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Wilmot
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Indian Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Cromwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimmell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolf Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Ligonier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Merriam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Merriam is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
    • Port Mitchell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Albion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wawaka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cosperville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Green Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Green Center is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
      • Former name for Green Center:
      • Green Centre
    • Brimfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
  • Saint Joseph County
    • Wyatt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Liberty Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
    • North Manchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Laketon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Servia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Servia is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
    • Urbana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highbanks, with the one closest to Highbanks listed first.
    • Ormas
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Etna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Lorane
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Larwill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Cresco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Tri-Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Columbia City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Whitley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Collamer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • Collins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Churubusco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Luther
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Dunfee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee

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

Cemeteries Near Highbanks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highbanks.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
    • The Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmot.
    • The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Salem Community Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1949393 <3>
  • McClintic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Etna Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Metz Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Broadway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cable Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (241 more) ...
    • Thorn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Valley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Byers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Highbanks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highbanks.

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

  • Wilmot
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Wilmot is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • North Webster
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Vawter Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vawter Park is also located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
  • Ormas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ormas is located in Whitley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
  • Cromwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oswego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Oswego is also located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Wooster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wooster is also located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
  • Pierceton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kimmell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Syracuse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Syracuse is also located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,856 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <1>
  • Lorane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lorane is located in Whitley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
  • Leesburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Larwill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Ligonier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Milford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is also located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people

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

Newspapers Published in Highbanks ...

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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highbanks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highbanks, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highbanks.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Highbanks:

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 '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- Highbanks) 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 Highbanks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.