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 Newville (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 Newville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Newville is located in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County: Allen, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Defiance (OH) & Williams (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Newville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newville:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Newville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Saint Joe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Spencerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Era
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Altona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corunna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Harlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grabill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Hacienda Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Huntertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Ari
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Gravel Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Stroh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- South Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brushy Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Wolcottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Laotto
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kendallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wakeville Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Ege
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Rome City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brimfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merriam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Port Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Alvarado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Ray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Churubusco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Collins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Branch County (MI)
- Ray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ney is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ney <1>
- Brunersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County (OH)
- Archbold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Cecil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Emmett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Payne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Paulding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Latty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Dixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Convoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Melbern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Blakeslee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Bryan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
- Columbia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Montpelier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Ainger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Cooney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Holiday City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newville, see our County-by-County Page for Newville.
Cemeteries Near Newville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newville.
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 Newville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Alton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wartenbe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Krontz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kraft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Forest Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksville Amish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scipio Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Six Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cosper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Newville had a population of 221 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spencerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Halls Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Halls Corners is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cicero is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Link ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Artic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Artic is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
- Hursh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hursh is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hursh
- Harlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Farmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farmer is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newville.
Newspapers Published in Newville ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newville.
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 Newville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Williams 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Newville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Newville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |