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 Nine Mile (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 Nine Mile. 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.
Nine Mile is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley, Defiance (OH), Paulding (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Nine Mile. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nine Mile:
- Allen County (The home county of Nine Mile)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Yoder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Aboite
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Anthony Wayne Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Wayne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoagland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dunn Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- New Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wallen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hacienda Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Zulu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Huntertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Magley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Coppess Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Pleasant Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackford County
- Montpelier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- New Era
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Altona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spencerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Van Buren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Farrville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Roanoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Markle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Plum Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Harlansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Bippus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Andrews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Jay County
- Fiat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pierceton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Laotto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ege
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Merriam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Avilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Port Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Liberty Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Lagro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- North Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Zanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ossian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tocsin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- North Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Craigville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Travisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Vera Cruz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Poneto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Reiffsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Dunfee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Collins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Churubusco
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Columbia City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Luther
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Tri-Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- South Whitley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lorane
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Collamer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Larwill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Ormas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Antwerp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Link ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Wren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Convoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Willshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nine Mile, see our County-by-County Page for Nine Mile.
Cemeteries Near Nine Mile ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nine Mile.
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 Nine Mile - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nine Mile covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Brenton Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fogwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoverstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Covington Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lindenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Bayliss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broxon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Nine Mile had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nine Mile, with the one closest to Nine Mile listed first.
- Zanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aboite
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Ossian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Saturn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Roanoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Wayne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Mardenis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mardenis is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardenis
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Markle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Simpson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nine Mile. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nine Mile.
Newspapers Published in Nine Mile ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nine Mile.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nine Mile, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nine Mile.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Nine Mile:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- DeKalb County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Wells County
- Whitley 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> | 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 Nine Mile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Nine Mile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |