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 Ligonier (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 Ligonier. 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 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.
Ligonier is located in Noble 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 Noble County: Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Steuben & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Ligonier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ligonier:
- Noble County (The home county of Ligonier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Cromwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kimmell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Indian Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Brimfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Albion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Wilmot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Rome City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Merriam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Green Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Ari
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Corunna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Altona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Fairfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Garrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Millersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Gravelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Southwest
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Bristol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Nappanee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Wawasee Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Syracuse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Webster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Arrowhead Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Leesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clunette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Winona Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Etna Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Topeka
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolcottville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Shipshewana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Seyberts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Plato
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Scott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Howe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Stroh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Brushy Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bourbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Osceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Orland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Wabash County
- Liberty Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Ormas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Lorane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Tri-Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Larwill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Columbia City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Churubusco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- South Whitley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Collamer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Dunfee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Cass County (MI)
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Klingers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- White Pigeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bluff Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Mottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Sturgis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Constantine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fawn River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ligonier, see our County-by-County Page for Ligonier.
Cemeteries Near Ligonier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ligonier.
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 Ligonier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ligonier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Oak Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shobe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Byers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85781 <2>
- Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hawpatch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawpatch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hawpatch Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85311 <2>
- Eden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Topeka.
- The Eden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Topeka UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84908 <2>
- Gerber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gerber Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85115 <2>
- Hire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Weybright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Steinberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinberg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Steinberg Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Topeka.
- The Steinberg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Steinbarger Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87020 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McClintic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Ligonier had a population of 2,195 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ligonier had a population of 4,411 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ligonier, with the one closest to Ligonier listed first.
- Grismore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grismore is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
- Cromwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kimmell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wawaka
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cosperville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Vawter Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
- Syracuse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Albion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Emma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- North Webster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wilmot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Ormas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Rome City
(12 miles [19.3 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 Ligonier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ligonier.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ligonier ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ligonier.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ligonier. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ligonier and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ligonier.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> of Ligonier.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ligonier:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Noble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Saint Joseph County
- Steuben County
- Wabash County
- Whitley County
- Cass County
- Saint Joseph 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ligonier) 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 Ligonier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |