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 Lucerne (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 Lucerne. 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.
Lucerne is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Carroll, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Pulaski & White.
Below are the counties that are near Lucerne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lucerne:
- Cass County (The home county of Lucerne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Leases Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Verona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Royal Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Lake Cicott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Hoover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Clymers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- New Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Deacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Onward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Burrows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Rockfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yeoman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Flora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cutler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Radnor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Grass Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leiters Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Disko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Cassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Shanghai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Kokomo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Silver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Culver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Argos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Mexico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Macy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deedsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Peru
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bunker Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Loree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Miami
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Thornhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winamac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Medaryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Ora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Aldine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Ober
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Tippecanoe County
- Americus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Stockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Richvalley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Roann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wabash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Burnettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Headlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Indiana Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Reynolds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Springboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Chalmers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lucerne, see our County-by-County Page for Lucerne.
Cemeteries Near Lucerne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucerne.
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 Lucerne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lucerne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royal Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Sand Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smalley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Victor Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Lucerne had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Verona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Metea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Grass Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Royal Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thornhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Logansport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adamsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsboro is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsboro
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Star City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clymers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Anoka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anoka is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Hoover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lucerne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucerne.
Newspapers Published in Lucerne ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucerne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucerne, 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 Lucerne.
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 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 Lucerne:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Wabash County
- White 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 Lucerne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lucerne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |