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 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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake Village: Lk. Village
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Lake Village is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Iroquois (IL), Kankakee (IL), Benton, Jasper & Lake.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Village:
- Newton County (The home county of Lake Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Sumava Resorts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roselawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Morocco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Beaver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Foresman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Kentland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Goodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- Raub
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Raub is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Fair Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- DeMotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Virgie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Stoutsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rensselaer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gifford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Collegeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Tefft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Remington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Schneider
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Illinoi
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Lake Dalecarlia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Cedar Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Crown Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint John
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Kouts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Pulaski County
- Medaryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Starke County
- San Pierre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White County
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Sauk Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Chicago Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Ford Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chicago Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lynwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Park Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richton Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Matteson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympia Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flossmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Beaverville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Donovan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iroquois
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Effner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Sheldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chebanse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- L'Erable
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- L'Erable is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watseka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Illiana Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Illinoi
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Litchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Sherburnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Hopkins Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Momence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grant Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Sun River Terrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Saint Anne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Aroma Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kankakee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Beecher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Willowbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peotone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crete
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Monee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Steger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Wilton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Village.
Cemeteries Near Lake Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake 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 Lake Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Lake Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bible Witness Camp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sanders Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morgan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sherburnville Christian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shrontz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guiding Star Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Petersberg Cemetery
- Lake Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- St. Judes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lake Village had a population of 133 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Village, with the one closest to Lake Village listed first.
- Roselawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Sherburnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Hopkins Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Fair Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Orchard Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Momence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Koster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Koster is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koster
- Grant Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Morocco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- DeMotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Creston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Creston is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Village.
Newspapers Published in Lake 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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Village, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lake Village:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- White County
- Cook County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Will 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> | 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 Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lake Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |