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 Mexico (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 Mexico. 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 and 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.
Mexico is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Mexico. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mexico:
- Miami County (The home county of Mexico)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Denver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Pettysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bunker Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Santa Fe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Miami
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Amboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Deer Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burrows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Flora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Twelve Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Onward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Walton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Logansport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Verona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Dunkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Lucerne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Deacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Galveston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clymers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Disko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grass Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Leiters Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Mier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Jalapa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Sweetser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swayzee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Michaelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Plevna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Kokomo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vermont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- West Middleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Guy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Indian Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Oakford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Hemlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Andrews
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Banquo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Bippus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Harlansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mount Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mentone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Claypool
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Thornhope
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Winamac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Richvalley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Roann
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Wabash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Treaty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Lagro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Servia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- La Fontaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Lincolnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Burnettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Headlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Idaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Collamer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mexico, see our County-by-County Page for Mexico.
Cemeteries Near Mexico ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mexico.
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 Mexico - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mexico covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Koontz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eel River Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Courter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <2>
- Schrock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reyburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reyburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #982746 <2>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Olde Towne Battlefield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharpee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mexico had a population of 521 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mexico, with the one closest to Mexico listed first.
- Courter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Perrysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Erie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Deedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Twelve Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Birmingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Adamsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Adamsboro is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsboro
- Pettysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Onward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Macy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richvalley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mexico. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mexico.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mexico ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mexico.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mexico. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mexico and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mexico.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Mexico.
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 Mexico:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Tipton County
- Wabash County
- White 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mexico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mexico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |