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 Ogden Dunes (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 Ogden Dunes. 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 doctors 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.
Ogden Dunes is located in Porter 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 Porter County: Cook (IL), Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Starke & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Ogden Dunes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ogden Dunes:
- Porter County (The home county of Ogden Dunes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Burns Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dune Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Babcock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Chesterton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Porter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Tratebas Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Beverly Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- DeMotte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Forest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Stoutsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Duneland Village of Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duneland Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Lake Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Chicago
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Hobart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Gary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deep River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Green Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Ross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ross is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Lottaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Merrillville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Otis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Holmesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Michigan City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Pottawattamie Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pottawattamie Park is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottawattamie Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Trail Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Trail Creek is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
- Waterford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waterford is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Haskell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Long Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wanatah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Michiana Shores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Burnham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burnham is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Calumet City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Side is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Hegewisch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Globe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Lynwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Chicago
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Chicago is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago
- Calumet Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Calumet Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Heights
- Dolton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Burnside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burnside is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Willowbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crete
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Beecher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Michiana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Buffalo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Pier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ogden Dunes, see our County-by-County Page for Ogden Dunes.
Cemeteries Near Ogden Dunes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ogden Dunes.
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 Ogden Dunes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ogden Dunes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Temple of Israel Cemetery of Gary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84536 <2>
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCool Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McCool Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85842 <2>
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burstrom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robbins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gossett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chesterton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tolleston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Ogden Dunes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ogden Dunes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ogden Dunes, with the one closest to Ogden Dunes listed first.
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Miller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Crisman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crisman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- McCool
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCool is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Lake Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Babcock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Chesterton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Porter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liverpool
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Hobart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Sedley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sedley is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Ainsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ainsworth is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth
- Deep River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ogden Dunes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ogden Dunes.
Newspapers Published in Ogden Dunes ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogden Dunes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ogden Dunes, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ogden Dunes.
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 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 Ogden Dunes:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Porter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Cook County
- Will County
- Berrien 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 Ogden Dunes, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ogden Dunes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |