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 Lisbon (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 Lisbon. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Lisbon 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 Lisbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lisbon:
- Noble County (The home county of Lisbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Kendallville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wakeville Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Avilla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rome City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brimfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Ege
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Laotto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Albion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wawaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cosperville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Merriam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Ari
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dunn Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Wallen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Leo-Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grabill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hacienda Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Harlan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Anthony Wayne Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Corunna
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ashley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spencerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Butler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Middlebury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bainter Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- North Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Pierceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Milford Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 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
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- South Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Gravel Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Wolcottville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Valentine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Brushy Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Plato
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Topeka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mongo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Howe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hamilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Angola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alvarado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Churubusco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tri-Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Ormas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Cresco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunfee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Larwill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- South Whitley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branch County (MI)
- Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Fawn River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Sturgis
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Klingers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Burr Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paulding County (OH)
- Link ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Edgerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Edon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Blakeslee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lisbon, see our County-by-County Page for Lisbon.
Cemeteries Near Lisbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lisbon.
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 Lisbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lisbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Old Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Corunna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Embrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perseverance Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Swan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weston Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Sedan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hessen Cassel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessen Cassel Cemetery
- The Hessen Cassel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rice Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lisbon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lisbon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
- Kendallville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Avilla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Altona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Swan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Swan is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Garrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rome City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brimfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Green Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Ege
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Laotto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sedan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sedan is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fairfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- South Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Albion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lisbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lisbon.
Newspapers Published in Lisbon ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lisbon, 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 Lisbon.
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 Lisbon:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Noble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Saint Joseph County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Williams 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 Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lisbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |