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 Nibbyville (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 Nibbyville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Nibbyville 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 Nibbyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nibbyville:
- Elkhart County (The home county of Nibbyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Garden Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Simonton Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Elkhart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Goshen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Southwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Bainter Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Foraker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- New Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Milford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Syracuse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clunette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- North Webster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Shipshewana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Seyberts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Topeka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Valentine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wolcottville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mongo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Bremen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Ligonier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Wawaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Rome City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mishawaka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Wyatt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- South Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Nutwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crumstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Niles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Berrien Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Berrien Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eau Claire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Naomi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Naomi is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Edwardsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jones
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Vandalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Cassopolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- Wakelee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wakelee is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakelee
- La Grange
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Marcellus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pokagon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Kalamazoo County (MI)
- Schoolcraft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Mottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- White Pigeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Klingers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Bluff Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Three Rivers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Sturgis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Chamberlain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chamberlain is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Nottawa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren County (MI)
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nibbyville, see our County-by-County Page for Nibbyville.
Cemeteries Near Nibbyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nibbyville.
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 Nibbyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nibbyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Proctor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. John of the Cross Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cathcart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bristol.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86203 <2>
- Trout Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Elkhart.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86546 <2>
- Rowe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kessington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Bonneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rinehart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Nibbyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nibbyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nibbyville, with the one closest to Nibbyville listed first.
- Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkhart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vistula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vistula is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vistula
- Middlebury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Former name for Adamsville:
- Sage's Mill
- Goshen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Williamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waterford Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Southwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- White Pigeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nibbyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nibbyville.
Newspapers Published in Nibbyville ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nibbyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nibbyville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nibbyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Nibbyville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Elkhart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Saint Joseph County
- Berrien County
- Cass County
- Kalamazoo County
- Saint Joseph County
- Van Buren 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> | 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 Nibbyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nibbyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |