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 Pine Station (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 Pine Station. 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 Pine Station ...
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 Pine Station: Pine Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Station.
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 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.
Pine Station is located in Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph County: Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke, Berrien (MI) & Cass (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Pine Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Station:
- Saint Joseph County (The home county of Pine Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Lakeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- North Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gulivoire Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Crumstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Wyatt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walkerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mishawaka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zeigler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Roseland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Wakarusa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nappanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Southwest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Foraker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Gravelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Elkhart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Simonton Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Garden Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Delong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Etna Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Atwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Clunette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Leesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mentone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wawasee Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Kankakee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Rolling Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Kingsford Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- La Porte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- Door Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Union Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waterford is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Alida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- La Paz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Tyner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Donaldson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Burr Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Bourbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Argos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Culver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Old Tip Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Monterey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ober
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Toto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Ora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Aldine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Bakertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Galien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Niles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Avery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Three Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hills Corners is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corners
- Glendora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glendora is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- New Troy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berrien Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelhurst is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Edwardsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pokagon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Sumnerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Station, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Station.
Cemeteries Near Pine Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Station.
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 Pine Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Fair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Porter - Rea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sumption Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Southlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of South Bend.
- The Southlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Palmer Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86961 <2>
- Barber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Plymouth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84962 <2>
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrisville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of South Bend.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86701 <2>
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 Pine Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Station, with the one closest to Pine Station listed first.
- Lakeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- La Paz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- La Paz Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- Teegarden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- North Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Crumstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Walkerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fish Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fish Lake is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Kankakee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Station.
Newspapers Published in Pine Station ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Station, 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 Pine Station.
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 Pine Station:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Saint Joseph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Berrien County
- Cass 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Station) 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 Pine Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |