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 Monroe (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 Monroe. 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 hospitals 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.
Monroe is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Allen, Jay, Wells, Mercer (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Monroe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monroe:
- Adams County (The home county of Monroe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Coppess Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Honduras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Berne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Linn Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Hoagland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yoder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zulu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Fort Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hacienda Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Woodburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aboite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Montpelier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Millgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Hartford City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Farrville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Van Buren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Markle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plum Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Warren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Majenica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Roanoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Huntington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Jay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Bryant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Antiville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Fiat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Portland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Blaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Greene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Collett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Salamonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Randolph County
- New Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Vera Cruz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Craigville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Tocsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Reiffsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Petroleum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Phenix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Travisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Ossian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Poneto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Allen County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Landeck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Landeck is located in Allen County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Spencerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Skeels Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Rockford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scudder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Tama
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tama is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Mercer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Earley is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Macedon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Mendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Celina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Recovery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Payne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Haviland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Worstville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Dague ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dague is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Grover Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Latty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Willshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Schumm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Ohio City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Convoy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Van Wert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Scott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monroe, see our County-by-County Page for Monroe.
Cemeteries Near Monroe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monroe.
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 Monroe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monroe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Graber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schwartz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mazelin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tricker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- The Decatur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85219 <2>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beibersteine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoosier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- MRE Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MRE Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the MRE Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Berne.
- The MRE Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mennonite Reformed Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #201352 <2>
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor 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 Monroe had a population of 152 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Monroe had a population of 882 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monroe, with the one closest to Monroe listed first.
- Honduras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Pleasant Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Vera Cruz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Willshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rivare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rivare is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivare
- Preble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Linn Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Monmouth is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Magley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Craigville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Ceylon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monroe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monroe.
Newspapers Published in Monroe ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monroe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monroe, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monroe.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Monroe:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Blackford County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wells County
- Allen County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monroe) 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 Monroe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |