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 North Crane (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 North Crane. 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.
Name Variations for North Crane ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Crane: N. Crane
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
North Crane is located in Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren & White.
Below are the counties that are near North Crane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Crane:
- Tippecanoe County (The home county of North Crane)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Dayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gladens Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gladens Corner is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladens Corner
- Elston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Clarks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Romney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corwin is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Corwin has also been known as:
- Corwin Station
- Shadeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- West Lafayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Otterbein
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Thorntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Pike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Stringtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Advance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Northfield Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elizaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elizaville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Pyrmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Owasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Ockley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Prince William
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prince William is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince William
- Radnor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Cutler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Delphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Bringhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Flora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- Young America
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Edna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Manson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Frankfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sedalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Geetingsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Reagan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reagan is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Beard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Fountain County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Newtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Mellott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Veedersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Shanghai
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Russiaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- New Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Wingate
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crawfordsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shannondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Smartsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Waynetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Tipton County
- Kempton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Green Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Independence is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Chatterton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chatterton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatterton
- Pine Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williamsport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brisco ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brisco is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisco
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- West Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Springboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Brookston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chalmers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Crane, see our County-by-County Page for North Crane.
Cemeteries Near North Crane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Crane.
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 North Crane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Crane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Wildcat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Conarroe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wyandot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kenny Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- O'Neall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stingley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newcomer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 North Crane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Crane.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Crane, with the one closest to North Crane listed first.
- Dayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockwell is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Raub
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Raub is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Raub
- Monitor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Elston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Taylor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Romney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pettit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Shadeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shadeland is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
- Kirkpatrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Crane. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Crane.
Newspapers Published in North Crane ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Crane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Crane, 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 North Crane.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 North Crane:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Tippecanoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fountain County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Tipton County
- Warren County
- White 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 North Crane, 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' (or 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- North Crane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |