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 Lake Grange (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 Lake Grange. 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 Lake Grange ...
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 Lake Grange: Lk. Grange
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 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.
Lake Grange is located in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County: Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph, Cass (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Lake Grange. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Grange:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Lake Grange)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Middlebury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunlap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Simonton Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Bainter Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- New Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Southwest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Milford Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Syracuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Milford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Wawasee Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Leesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Webster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clunette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Shipshewana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Seyberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Topeka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Brighton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wolcottville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mongo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- South Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Marshall County
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Ligonier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wawaka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Kimmell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Rome City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Wakeville Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Osceola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Granger
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mishawaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wyatt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Roseland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- South Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Nutwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Lakeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County
- Orland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Ormas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Berrien County (MI)
- Niles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Jones
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Edwardsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Cassopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Penn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- Wakelee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- La Grange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Marcellus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pokagon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Dowagiac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kalamazoo County (MI)
- Schoolcraft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Mottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- White Pigeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bluff Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Klingers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Fabius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Three Rivers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sturgis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Centreville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Fawn River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Nottawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wasepi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wasepi is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasepi
- Van Buren County (MI)
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Grange, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Grange.
Cemeteries Near Lake Grange ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Grange.
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 Lake Grange - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Grange covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Bonneyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Adams - Neff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams - Neff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams - Neff Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Middlebury.
- The Adams - Neff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Neff - Adams Cemetery
- Neff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86111 <3>
- Geising Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bristol.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86203 <3>
- Grace Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. John of the Cross Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cathcart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trout Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aurand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Proctor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Grove 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 Lake Grange in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Grange.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Grange, with the one closest to Lake Grange listed first.
- Middlebury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vistula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vistula is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vistula
- Mottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shipshewana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waterford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- White Pigeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Constantine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Emma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Southwest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Grange. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Grange.
Newspapers Published in Lake Grange ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Grange.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Grange, 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 Lake Grange.
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 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 Lake Grange:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Kalamazoo County
- Saint Joseph County
- Van Buren 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Grange) 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 Lake Grange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |