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 Shores (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 Shores. 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 and hospitals 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.
Lake Shores is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley, Defiance (OH), Paulding (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Lake Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Shores:
- Allen County (The home county of Lake Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Anthony Wayne Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Fort Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yoder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aboite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Wallen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hacienda Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Arcola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoagland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Zulu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Magley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Coppess Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- New Era
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Spencerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Altona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Joe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Corunna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Roanoke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Markle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Plum Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Andrews
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Bippus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Laotto
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ege
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Merriam
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Avilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Port Mitchell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Kendallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Liberty Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Ossian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Uniondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Craigville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Bluffton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Liberty Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Travisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Dunfee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Churubusco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Collins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Luther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Cresco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Lorane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- South Whitley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Larwill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Collamer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Link ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Haviland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dague is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Willshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Abanaka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Shores.
Cemeteries Near Lake Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Shores.
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 Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fogwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brenton Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Covington Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia Cemetery Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lake Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Shores, with the one closest to Lake Shores listed first.
- Fort Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nine Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aboite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Zanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ossian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hoagland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Maples is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Wallen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Arcola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thurman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Academie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Academie is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academie
- Dunfee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Saturn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Shores.
Newspapers Published in Lake Shores ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Shores, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Shores.
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 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 Lake Shores:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- DeKalb County
- Huntington County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Lake Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |