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 Locke (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 Locke. 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 and hospitals 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.
Locke is located in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County: Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph, Cass (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Locke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Locke:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Locke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Nappanee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wakarusa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Gravelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- New Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Goshen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Elkhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Garden Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Akron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Milford Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Etna Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Atwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Arrowhead Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- North Webster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mentone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winona Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burket
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Topeka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shipshewana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Seyberts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- LaPorte County
- Kankakee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Bremen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bourbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- La Paz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Old Tip Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tippecanoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Argos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Donaldson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Burr Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ligonier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Kimmell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cosperville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Wawaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Wyatt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Mishawaka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- South Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Granger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Roseland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- North Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crumstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Ober
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Hamlet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Ormas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Larwill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Lorane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Niles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Bakertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Edwardsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Mottville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- White Pigeon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Locke, see our County-by-County Page for Locke.
Cemeteries Near Locke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Locke.
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 Locke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Locke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Providence Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Primitive Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Providence Primitive Baptist Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Wakarusa.
- The Providence Primitive Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Primitive Baptist Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
- Providence Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168502 <3>
- Weldy Amish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shutts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Sandridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Locke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Locke.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
- Nappanee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wakarusa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gravelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Foraker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Bremen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Milford Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- New Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waterford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Goshen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Locke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Locke.
Newspapers Published in Locke ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Locke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Locke, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Locke.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Locke:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Whitley County
- Berrien 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Locke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Locke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |