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 Lakeville (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 Lakeville. 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 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.
Lakeville is located in Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph County: Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke, Berrien (MI) & Cass (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Lakeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeville:
- Saint Joseph County (The home county of Lakeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Nutwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Wyatt
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gulivoire Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- North Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crumstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- South Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mishawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Wakarusa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Nappanee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Southwest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Foraker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Elkhart
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Dunlap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Garden Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Simonton Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Bainter Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Delong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Etna Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(23 miles [37 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
- Clunette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Leesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mentone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wawasee Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Arrowhead Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Burket
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Kankakee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Rolling Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Kingsford Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- La Porte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Smith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- Door Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Union Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- La Paz
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tyner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Donaldson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Bourbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Argos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Old Tip Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Pulaski County
- Monterey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ober
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Toto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Aldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Bakertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Niles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Galien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Avery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Three Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Hills Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Corners is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corners
- New Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berrien Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berrien Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Edwardsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sumnerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Pokagon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeville, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeville.
Cemeteries Near Lakeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeville.
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 Lakeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- Lakeville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Porter - Rea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of South Bend.
- The Southlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Palmer Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86961 <2>
- Sumption Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrisville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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]<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84962 <2>
- Old Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Barber Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eutzler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Lakeville had a population of 452 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lakeville had a population of 799 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeville, with the one closest to Lakeville listed first.
- La Paz Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- Nutwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- La Paz
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Teegarden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crumstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Mishawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Walkerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wakarusa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeville.
Newspapers Published in Lakeville ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lakeville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Saint Joseph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Berrien County
- Cass 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> | 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- Lakeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lakeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |