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 Pioneer (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 Pioneer. 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.
Pioneer is located in Wabash 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 Wabash County: Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Pioneer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pioneer:
- Wabash County (The home county of Pioneer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Richvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Treaty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- La Fontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Lincolnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lagro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Urbana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laketon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Servia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Blackford County
- Renner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Carroll County
- Deer Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- New Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Walton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Galveston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Young America
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Leases Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Disko
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek
(30 miles [48.3 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 Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Sweetser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Herbst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Sims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Swayzee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Van Buren
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Gas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Plevna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Cassville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Greentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vermont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Kokomo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Indian Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Judson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Banquo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Mount Etna
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Andrews
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Bippus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Huntington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Majenica
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bowerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Silver Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Claypool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(29 miles [46.7 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 Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Leisure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Summitville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Amboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- North Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Peru
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pettysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Loree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Converse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Denver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Nevada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sharpsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windfall City
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Luther
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Collamer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pioneer, see our County-by-County Page for Pioneer.
Cemeteries Near Pioneer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pioneer.
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 Pioneer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pioneer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- North Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Martin Luther Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Slocum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richvalley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Cemetery
- The Falls Cemetery has also been known as:
- Falls Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #182326 <2>
- Hebrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keyes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fegley 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 Pioneer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pioneer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
- Richvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Somerset
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Erie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- McGrawsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McGrawsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrawsville
- North Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Amboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Peru
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Loree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Fontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Pettysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Chili
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pioneer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pioneer.
Newspapers Published in Pioneer ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pioneer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pioneer, 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 Pioneer.
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 Pioneer:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wabash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blackford County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Tipton 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 Pioneer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pioneer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |