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 Range Line (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 Range Line. 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.
Range Line 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 Range Line. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Range Line:
- Lake County (The home county of Range Line)
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Dinwiddie
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Lake Dalecarlia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Lowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schneider
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Deep River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Green Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Forest City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- DeMotte
(6 miles [9.7 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Virgie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Wheatfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tefft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Gifford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Rensselaer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Collegeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Egypt
(28 miles [45.1 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 Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- La Crosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wanatah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Alida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Westville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Holmesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Union Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Thayer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Roselawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Sumava Resorts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Mount Ayr
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Foresman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Kouts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheeler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Valparaiso
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Babcock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Willow Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- 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
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Medaryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Francesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- San Pierre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Toto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- White County
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Sauk Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Park Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Richton Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olympia Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Beaverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Illinoi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Sherburnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Illiana Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Litchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Grant Park
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hopkins Park
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Saint Anne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manteno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aroma Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Willowbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goodenow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Crete
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steger
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peotone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Range Line, see our County-by-County Page for Range Line.
Cemeteries Near Range Line ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Range Line.
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 Range Line - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Range Line covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeMotte Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lowell Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cemetery of the Reesurrection
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Creston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Maplewood Historic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Merriman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Range Line in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Range Line.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Range Line, with the one closest to Range Line listed first.
- Orchard Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Forest City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- DeMotte
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Thayer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Lowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hurlburt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hurlburt is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlburt
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Palmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Roselawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Stoutsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Aylesworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Range Line. See our List of 1890's Communities around Range Line.
Newspapers Published in Range Line ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Range Line.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Range Line, 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 Range Line.
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 helpful 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 Range Line:
- 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
- White 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 Range Line, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Range Line) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |