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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 Maumee (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 Maumee. 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 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.

Maumee is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings, Lawrence, Scott & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Maumee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maumee:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Maumee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Houston
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Houston is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Norman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kurtz
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kurtz is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
    • Freetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Spraytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Spraytown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
    • Medora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Medora is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
    • Vallonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cortland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cortland is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
    • New Elizabethtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • New Elizabethtown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elizabethtown
    • Seymour
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Dudleytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleytown
  • Bartholomew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • North Ogilville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
    • Stony Lonesome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
    • Jonesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Bethel Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
    • Garden City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Columbus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Corn Brook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
    • Elizabethtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
    • Jewell Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
    • Taylorsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
    • Clifford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Story
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Story is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Becks Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Becks Grove is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
    • Pikes Peak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
    • Nashville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gnaw Bone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Liberty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
    • Beanblossom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Beanblossom is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
      • Beanblossom has also been known as:
      • Bean Blossom
    • Helmsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Helmsburg is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
    • Spearsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Spearsville is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Hendricksville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hendricksville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
    • Owensburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Owensburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensburg
    • Solsberry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Koleen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Koleen is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koleen
    • Newark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Newark is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Jennings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Four Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Four Corners is located in Jennings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Hayden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hayden is located in Jennings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Scipio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Scipio is located in Jennings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Peoga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Peoga is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
    • Princes Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
    • Nineveh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Samaria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Samaria is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Trafalgar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Edinburgh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Anita ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Anita is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Zelma
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Zelma is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
    • Heltonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Erie is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Leesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Leesville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Guthrie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
    • Crawford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Crawford is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Judah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Judah is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
    • Bedford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oolitic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Ritner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Fort Ritner is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ritner
    • Tunnelton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Tunnelton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
    • Avoca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Avoca is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Martin County
    • Mount Olive
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Olive is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Smithville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Harrodsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
    • Unionville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
    • Bloomington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirksville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Kirksville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
    • Dolan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dolan is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
    • Highland Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Stanford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Stanford is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
    • Ellettsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stinesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Stinesville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Mahalasville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
    • Morgantown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
    • Martinsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Paragon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Leipsic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Leipsic is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
    • Orleans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bromer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bromer is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromer
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
    • Plattsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Plattsburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Kossuth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kossuth is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
    • Saltillo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Saltillo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Campbellsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Smedley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Smedley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedley
    • Claysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Claysville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
    • Salem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Salem is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
    • Little York
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Little York is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maumee, see our County-by-County Page for Maumee.

Cemeteries Near Maumee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maumee.

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 Maumee - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maumee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.

  • Robinson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cornett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Callahan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hanner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Terrill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elkinsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cummings Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Houston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lutes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bower Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (313 more) ...
    • Hillenburg Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bagwell Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waggoner Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maumee had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.

  • Houston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Houston is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
  • Elkinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Elkinsville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
  • Yellowstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Yellowstone is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
  • Norman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kurtz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kurtz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
  • Story
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Story is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Zelma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Zelma is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
  • Freetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Christiansburg is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
  • Heltonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Becks Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Becks Grove is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
  • Spraytown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Spraytown is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pikes Peak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
    • Bartlettsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bartlettsville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlettsville
    • Shawswick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shawswick is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawswick

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maumee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maumee.

Newspapers Published in Maumee ...

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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maumee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maumee, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maumee.

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 Maumee:

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 Maumee, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maumee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.