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 Mentone (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 Mentone. 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.
Mentone is located in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County: Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Wabash & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Mentone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mentone:
- Kosciusko County (The home county of Mentone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Burket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sevastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Etna Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Claypool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Winona Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pierceton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Leases Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- New Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Gravelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Nappanee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Wakarusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Akron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Disko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Leiters Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Kewanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Grass Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Bippus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Goblesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bourbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Argos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Harris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Donaldson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- La Paz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Tyner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Gilead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Macy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Deedsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Pettysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Denver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cromwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Ligonier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Monterey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Star City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Winamac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walkerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Ober
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Ora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Grovertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Koontz Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Bass Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Laketon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Liberty Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Servia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Urbana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Lagro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Collamer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Larwill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- South Whitley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Ormas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Luther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Columbia City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cresco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mentone, see our County-by-County Page for Mentone.
Cemeteries Near Mentone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mentone.
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 Mentone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mentone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meredith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tippecanoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tippecanoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tippecanoe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288036 <2>
- Hamlett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- McGrew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Germantown 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mentone had a population of 780 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mentone had a population of 955 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mentone, with the one closest to Mentone listed first.
- Sevastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Tippecanoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Etna Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Claypool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tiosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Akron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bourbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mentone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mentone.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mentone ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mentone.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mentone. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mentone and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mentone.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Mentone.
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 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 Mentone:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Kosciusko County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Huntington County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- Whitley 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 Mentone, 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- Mentone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |