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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 Indian Village (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 Indian Village. 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.
Name Variations for Indian Village ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Indian Village: Indian Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Indian Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Indian Village.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Indian Village 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 Indian Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Indian Village:
- Noble County (The home county of Indian Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Cromwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Kimmell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Ligonier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Port Mitchell is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cosperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cosperville is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Merriam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merriam is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Brimfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brimfield is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Green Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Green Center is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Former name for Green Center:
- Green Centre
- Rome City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Ari
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 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 southeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Aboite
(30 miles [48.3 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 Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Altona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Garrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center
(27 miles [43.5 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
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Millersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gravelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Goshen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foraker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Nappanee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wakarusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Disko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Goblesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Bippus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- North Webster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Syracuse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Pierceton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Winona Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Sidney
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Atwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Claypool
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Topeka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wolcottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valentine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Shipshewana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Milford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Seyberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Plato
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Gravel Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Brushy Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Howe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stroh
(27 miles [43.5 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 Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Bourbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tippecanoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tip Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Wyatt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben County
- Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Liberty Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Laketon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Servia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Ormas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Cresco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Larwill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Tri-Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Columbia City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Churubusco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Whitley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Collamer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Dunfee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Luther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- White Pigeon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Klingers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Mottville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Indian Village, see our County-by-County Page for Indian Village.
Cemeteries Near Indian Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Village.
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 Indian Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McClintic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Byers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mock Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of North Webster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2212279 <3>
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Metz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shobe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cable Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Etna Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Indian Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Indian Village, with the one closest to Indian Village listed first.
- Cromwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Vawter Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
- North Webster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ormas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Ligonier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Syracuse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oswego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oswego is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
- Grismore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grismore is also located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
- Wawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pierceton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lorane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Cresco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Indian Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Indian Village.
Newspapers Published in Indian Village ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Village, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Village.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Indian Village:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Noble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Saint Joseph County
- Steuben County
- Wabash County
- Whitley County
- Saint Joseph 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- Indian Village) 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 Indian Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |