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 Peoria (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 Peoria. 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 doctors and 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.
Peoria is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Peoria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peoria:
- Miami County (The home county of Peoria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Santa Fe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Oakdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Loree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pettysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Deer Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Burlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- New Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Hoover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Galveston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Deacon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Logansport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Young America
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Leases Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Clymers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Middlefork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Disko
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Jalapa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Sweetser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sims
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Herbst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Swayzee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Hackleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Gas City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Plevna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Cassville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Vermont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Kokomo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Guy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Hemlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Indian Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Judson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- West Middleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Banquo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Mount Etna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Harlansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Andrews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Bippus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Majenica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plum Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Bowerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Silver Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Claypool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Burket
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Leisure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- West Elwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Groomsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Hobbs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tipton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Richvalley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Fontaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Roann
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Lincolnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lagro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laketon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Servia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- North Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Luther
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Collamer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peoria, see our County-by-County Page for Peoria.
Cemeteries Near Peoria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peoria.
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 Peoria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peoria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Clayton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Keyes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crider Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fegley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slocum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ramer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Martin Luther Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rankin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Peoria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peoria.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peoria, with the one closest to Peoria listed first.
- Santa Fe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Erie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Richvalley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- McGrawsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGrawsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrawsville
- Peru
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- North Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Treaty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Courter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Miami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wawpecong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wawpecong is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawpecong
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peoria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peoria.
Newspapers Published in Peoria ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peoria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peoria, 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 Peoria.
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 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 Peoria:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Tipton 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> | 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 Peoria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Peoria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |