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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 Inwood (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 Inwood. 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.

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

  • Marshall County     (The home county of Inwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Bourbon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Argos
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Old Tip Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Harris
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Harris is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Linkville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Linkville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
    • Tippecanoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bremen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • La Paz
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • La Paz is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Burr Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
    • Tyner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tyner is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
    • Donaldson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Donaldson is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Nappanee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravelton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Wakarusa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Foraker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Southwest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Jamestown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • New Paris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bainter Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • Benton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Dunlap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Goshen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkhart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Delong
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Delong is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
    • Leiters Ford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
    • Rochester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Athens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Akron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Bruce
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
    • Kewanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kewanna is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
    • Fulton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Disko
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
    • Grass Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
  • Kosciusko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Etna Green
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Atwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Mentone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Clunette
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Burket
      (16 miles [25.7 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
    • Leesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Dam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Milford
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Milford Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Arrowhead Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Claypool
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • LaPorte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Kankakee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
    • Stillwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
    • Kingsford Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Kingsbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Hanna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Miami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Gilead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Macy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Deedsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Deedsville is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Indian Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Wilmot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Monterey
      (18 miles [29 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawton is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
    • Beardstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
    • Winamac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Denham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Denham is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
    • Star City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Wyatt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Lakeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Walkerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Liberty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Nutwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
    • Gulivoire Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
    • Crumstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
    • Mishawaka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Osceola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
    • South Bend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Indian Village
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Roseland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
  • Starke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Koontz Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
    • Grovertown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Grovertown is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
    • Ober
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ober is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
    • Ora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ora is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Hamlet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Knox
      (21 miles [33.8 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>
    • Bass Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bass Lake is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
    • Aldine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Aldine is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
    • Toto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Toto is located in Starke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
    • North Judson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Inwood, with the one closest to Inwood listed first.
    • Laketon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stockdale is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale

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

Cemeteries Near Inwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Inwood.

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

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Parks Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nighthart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sandridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tippecanoe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Continue List   (189 more) ...
    • McElrath Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • McGrew Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Richland Center Citizen Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Inwood had a population of 279 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Bourbon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Argos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • 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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tippecanoe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Etna Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Linkville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Linkville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
  • Harris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Twin Lakes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Rutland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutland is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
  • Walnut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Walnut is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
  • Bremen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hibbard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hibbard is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • La Paz Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
    • Burr Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
    • Maxinkuckee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee

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

Newspapers Published in Inwood ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Inwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Inwood, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Inwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Inwood:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Inwood) 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 Inwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.