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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Missisinewa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Missisinewa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Missisinewa, please Contact Us.
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 Missisinewa (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 Missisinewa. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Missisinewa is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Missisinewa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Missisinewa:
- Miami County (The home county of Missisinewa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Oakdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Mexico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Bunker Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pettysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- North Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Miami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Deedsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Deer Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burrows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Onward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Twelve Mile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Walton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Logansport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Dunkirk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Leases Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Young America
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clinton County
- Middlefork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Disko
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grass Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Mier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Jalapa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sweetser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sims
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Herbst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Swayzee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Hackleman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Gas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Plevna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Cassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Vermont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kokomo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Judson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hemlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Indian Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Banquo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Andrews
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mount Etna
(23 miles [37 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
- Bippus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Huntington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Majenica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Goblesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Silver Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Claypool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Mentone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- Leisure
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Pulaski County
- Thornhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Nevada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Groomsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Richvalley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Roann
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- La Fontaine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Lagro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Laketon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Servia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- White County
- Burnettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Collamer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- South Whitley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Missisinewa, see our County-by-County Page for Missisinewa.
Cemeteries Near Missisinewa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Missisinewa.
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 Missisinewa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Missisinewa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schrock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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 <3>
- Sharpee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crider Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keyes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reyburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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 <3>
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Fegley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Missisinewa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Missisinewa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Missisinewa, with the one closest to Missisinewa listed first.
- Erie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richvalley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Santa Fe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Courter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Bunker Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Mexico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chili
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- McGrawsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McGrawsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrawsville
- North Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Pettysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Miami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Missisinewa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Missisinewa.
Newspapers Published in Missisinewa ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Missisinewa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Missisinewa, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Missisinewa.
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 Missisinewa:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Pulaski County
- Tipton County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Whitley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Missisinewa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Missisinewa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |