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 Orchard Grove (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 Orchard Grove. 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 Orchard Grove ...
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 Orchard Grove: Orchard Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Orchard Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orchard Grove.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Orchard Grove is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook (IL), Kankakee (IL), Will (IL), Jasper, Newton & Porter.
Below are the counties that are near Orchard Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orchard Grove:
- Lake County (The home county of Orchard Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Dinwiddie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Lake Dalecarlia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Lowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Schneider
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Illinoi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Lincoln Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Saint John
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- DeMotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Stoutsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Fair Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Virgie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Wheatfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tefft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Gifford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Rensselaer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- La Crosse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wanatah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Haskell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Thayer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Sumava Resorts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Mount Ayr
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Morocco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beaver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Foresman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Kouts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- South Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Valparaiso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Willow Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Babcock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Ogden Dunes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Pulaski County
- Medaryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- San Pierre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Sauk Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Chicago Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richton Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Olympia Fields
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Beaverville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Sherburnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Illinoi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Litchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Grant Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Momence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Sun River Terrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Manteno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Anne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aroma Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Willowbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goodenow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Crete
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peotone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Frankfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orchard Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Orchard Grove.
Cemeteries Near Orchard Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orchard Grove.
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 Orchard Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orchard Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowell Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Creston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sanders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Schubert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- German Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Historic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Maplewood Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Orchard Grove had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orchard Grove, with the one closest to Orchard Grove listed first.
- Lowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Creston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Cedar Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thayer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Klaasville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Klaasville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klaasville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Sherburnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- DeMotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orchard Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Grove.
Newspapers Published in Orchard Grove ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orchard Grove, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orchard Grove.
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 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 Orchard Grove:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Cook County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Will 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 Orchard Grove, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orchard Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |