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 Metea (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 Metea. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Metea 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 Metea. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Metea:
- Cass County (The home county of Metea)
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Leases Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
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- Twelve Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Verona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Logansport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Onward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Clymers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Walton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Burrows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Rockfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bringhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Cutler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Radnor
(30 miles [48.3 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 Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Lake Bruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- 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
- Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Delong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Disko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Cassville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Kokomo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Plevna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Shanghai
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Vermont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- West Middleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Claypool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea 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
- Argos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Burr Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Macy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Pettysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Bunker Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Loree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Miami
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- North Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Thornhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ober
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Aldine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Stockdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Laketon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wabash
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- North Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Treaty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lagro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Servia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Burnettsville
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Idaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Buffalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Indiana Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Monon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Springboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Metea, see our County-by-County Page for Metea.
Cemeteries Near Metea ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Metea.
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 Metea - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Metea covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smalley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Sand Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olde Towne Battlefield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miami Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Grant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Metea had a population of 35 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Metea, with the one closest to Metea listed first.
- Fletcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Verona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Twelve Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adamsboro is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsboro
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Grass Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Logansport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perrysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Anoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Anoka is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Metea. See our List of 1890's Communities around Metea.
Newspapers Published in Metea ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Metea.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Metea, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Metea.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Metea:
- 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
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Metea) 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 Metea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |