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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 Oswego (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 Oswego. 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 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.

Oswego is located in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County: Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Wabash & Whitley.

Below are the counties that are near Oswego. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oswego:

  • Kosciusko County     (The home county of Oswego)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Arrowhead Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Leesburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • North Webster
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wawasee Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Syracuse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Milford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Winona Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clunette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Milford Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Pierceton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Atwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Etna Green
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Burket
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burket is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Ari
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ari is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
    • Arcola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunn Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Gravelton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • New Paris
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bainter Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • Benton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Nappanee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Millersburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Foraker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Southwest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Goshen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wakarusa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunlap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Middlebury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Disko
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
    • Akron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Athens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Rochester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Goblesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Goblesville is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
    • Bippus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bippus is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Topeka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolcottville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Shipshewana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Valentine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • LaGrange
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Seyberts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • South Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Bourbon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Tippecanoe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Tip Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Bremen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Argos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Argos is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <1>
    • Linkville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Linkville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
    • Harris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Harris is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Plymouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • La Paz
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • La Paz is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
  • Miami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Gilead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Macy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Wilmot
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Indian Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Cromwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimmell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ligonier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolf Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Merriam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Merriam is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
    • Port Mitchell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Wawaka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cosperville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Green Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Green Center is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
    • Brimfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Wyatt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Osceola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
    • Lakeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Liberty Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
    • North Manchester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Laketon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Servia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Servia is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
    • Roann
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Stockdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Stockdale is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
    • Urbana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.
    • Etna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Ormas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Larwill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Lorane
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Cresco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Tri-Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Collamer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • South Whitley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Collins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Churubusco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Luther
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Dunfee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oswego, see our County-by-County Page for Oswego.

Cemeteries Near Oswego ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oswego.

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 Oswego - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oswego covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.

  • Cable Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Groves Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • McClintic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tamarack Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmot.
    • The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Salem Community Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1949393 <2>
  • Milford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (235 more) ...
    • Syracuse Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Island Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clunette 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oswego had a population of 124 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oswego, with the one closest to Oswego listed first.

  • Leesburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • North Webster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vawter Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
  • Wilmot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wilmot is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Milford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
  • Syracuse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Clunette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
  • Wooster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Wooster is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
  • Milford Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
  • Hastings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hastings is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
  • Pierceton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Atwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cromwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravelton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • Palestine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oswego. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oswego.

Newspapers Published in Oswego ...

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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oswego.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oswego, 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 Oswego.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Oswego:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oswego) 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 Oswego, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.