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 Old Tip Town (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 Old Tip Town. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Old Tip Town is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Saint Joseph & Starke.
Below are the counties that are near Old Tip Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Tip Town:
- Marshall County (The home county of Old Tip Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bourbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Argos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Linkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Burr Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Harris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Donaldson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- La Paz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Tyner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Leases Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Nappanee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gravelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Wakarusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- New Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Akron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Disko
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kewanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Grass Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Etna Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Burket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sevastopol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Beaver Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Claypool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winona Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaPorte County
- Kankakee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Gilead
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Macy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Deedsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Wilmot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cromwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Monterey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Star City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winamac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Wyatt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- North Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gulivoire Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Mishawaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Ober
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Grovertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Koontz Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Ora
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Hamlet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aldine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Toto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Laketon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roann
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Servia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Larwill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Collamer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Ormas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Tip Town, see our County-by-County Page for Old Tip Town.
Cemeteries Near Old Tip Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Tip Town.
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 Old Tip Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Tip Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Tippecanoe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tippecanoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tippecanoe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288036 <2>
- McGrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parks Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamlett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sycamore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richland Center Citizen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Old Tip Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Tip Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Tip Town, with the one closest to Old Tip Town listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Bourbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tiosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Argos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Inwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Sevastopol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Richland Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richland Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Beaver Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Clunette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Tip Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Tip Town.
Newspapers Published in Old Tip Town ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Tip Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Tip Town, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Tip Town.
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 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 Old Tip Town:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Marshall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- Whitley 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> | 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- Old Tip Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Old Tip Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |