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 Mahon (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 Mahon. 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.
Mahon is located in Huntington 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 Huntington County: Allen, Grant, Wabash, Wells & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Mahon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mahon:
- Huntington County (The home county of Mahon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Roanoke
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Markle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Majenica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Andrews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Bippus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Plum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Magley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Honduras
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Decatur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coppess Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Berne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Aboite
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Yoder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arcola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Anthony Wayne Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Wayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Wallen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hoagland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Huntertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Montpelier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Altona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Fulton County
- Disko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Farrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Friendly Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Arcana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Jalapa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jay County
- Fiat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Sidney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pierceton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Claypool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Ege
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Merriam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Green Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Laotto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Port Mitchell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Avilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Servia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Lagro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Lincolnville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- North Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laketon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wabash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Fontaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Treaty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Roann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Zanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ossian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Tocsin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Liberty Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Travisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Reiffsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Dunfee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Luther
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Columbia City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Whitley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Collins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Collamer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Churubusco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Larwill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Lorane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Cresco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Tri-Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Van Wert County (OH)
- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mahon, see our County-by-County Page for Mahon.
Cemeteries Near Mahon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mahon.
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 Mahon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mahon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- France Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Feighner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoverstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Broxon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Star of Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayliss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brenton Chapel 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 Mahon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mahon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mahon, with the one closest to Mahon listed first.
- Roanoke
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mardenis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mardenis is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardenis
- Zanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aboite
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Simpson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Saturn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Huntington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goblesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Browns Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Browns Corner is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner
- Markle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Laud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laud is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laud
- Nine Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Raber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Raber is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raber
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunfee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mahon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mahon.
Newspapers Published in Mahon ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mahon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mahon, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mahon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Mahon:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Huntington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Blackford County
- DeKalb County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Van Wert 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 Mahon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mahon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |