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 Millersburg (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 Millersburg. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Millersburg is located in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County: Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph, Cass (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Millersburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Millersburg:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Millersburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Paris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Dunlap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Gravelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Nappanee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- Ari
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Corunna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Fairfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Altona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Syracuse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Milford Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- North Webster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Clunette
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Pierceton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winona Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Etna Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Topeka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shipshewana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seyberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Valentine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- LaGrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Wolcottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Howe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plato
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- South Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brushy Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Brighton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bourbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tip Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Ligonier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Wawaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Kimmell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Brimfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Rome City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Port Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Osceola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Granger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mishawaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Lakeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Nutwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- South Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Steuben County
- Orland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Ormas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Lorane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Tri-Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Larwill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churubusco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Whitley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Jones
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Edwardsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- White Pigeon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Klingers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Bluff Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Constantine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sturgis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
- Fawn River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Fabius
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nottawa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Millersburg, see our County-by-County Page for Millersburg.
Cemeteries Near Millersburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millersburg.
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 Millersburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Millersburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nisley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Topeka.
- The Sugar Grove - Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326273 <3>
- Elkhart Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Paris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weybright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shobe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85781 <3>
- Eden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Topeka.
- The Eden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Topeka UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84908 <3>
- Gerber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gerber Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85115 <3>
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>
While we didn't find Millersburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millersburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Millersburg, with the one closest to Millersburg listed first.
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Grismore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grismore is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
- Ligonier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Syracuse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Vawter Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
- Cromwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Milford Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Middlebury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Milford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Kimmell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wawaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Millersburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Millersburg.
Newspapers Published in Millersburg ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millersburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millersburg, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millersburg.
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 Millersburg:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Cass County
- Saint Joseph 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Millersburg) 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 Millersburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |