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 Richland Center (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 Richland Center. 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 Richland Center ...
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 Richland Center: Richland Ctr. (or less commonly used: Richland Cen., Richland Cent. or Richland Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Richland Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richland Center.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Richland Center is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Richland Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richland Center:
- Fulton County (The home county of Richland Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leiters Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Lake Bruce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Kewanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Akron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Disko
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Leases Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Twelve Mile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Lucerne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Royal Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- New Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Cicott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Nappanee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Wakarusa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Mentone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Beaver Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Etna Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Atwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Claypool
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clunette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Winona Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- LaPorte County
- Kankakee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Argos
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Culver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Old Tip Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Burr Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Bourbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Harris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Tyner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Bremen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Macy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Deedsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Peru
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Winamac
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Star City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Denham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Walkerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wyatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nutwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Ora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Ober
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Bass Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Grovertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Knox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Aldine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Hamlet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toto
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- North Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Stockdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laketon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White County
- Headlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richland Center, see our County-by-County Page for Richland Center.
Cemeteries Near Richland Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland Center.
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 Richland Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Richland Center Citizen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McGrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Citizens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Pisgah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Richland Center had a population of 70 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richland Center, with the one closest to Richland Center listed first.
- Tiosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Walnut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Argos
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxinkuckee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
- Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Delong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Tippecanoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hibbard is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
- Burr Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Green Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Inwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Inwood is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richland Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richland Center.
Newspapers Published in Richland Center ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richland Center, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richland Center.
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 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 Richland Center:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Richland Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Richland Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |