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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 southeast 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 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.
Riverside is located in Wells 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 Wells County: Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington & Jay.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Wells County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Vera Cruz
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Reiffsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Craigville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Bluffton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Travisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- North Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Phenix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Tocsin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Liberty Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Linn Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Honduras
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Berne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coppess Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Preble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Yoder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hoagland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Aboite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Zulu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Fort Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Arcola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edgerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Montpelier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Ridertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Hartford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Renner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Renner is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Shamrock Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Lakes is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Farrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Van Buren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Arcana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Friendly Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Upland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gas City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Markle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Majenica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Bowerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Roanoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Harlansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Banquo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Andrews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Fiat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Bryant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Antiville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Jay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Pony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Collett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Dunkirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Whitley County
- Dunfee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Skeels Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Scudder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Rockford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Macedon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Tama
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tama is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Fort Recovery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Earley is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Mercer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Celina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wendelin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Willshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Schumm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Van Wert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Linn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grannand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beibersteine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stahl Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alberson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Hoosier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- MRE Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MRE Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the MRE Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Berne.
- The MRE Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mennonite Reformed Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #201352 <2>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Vera Cruz
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Reiffsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Linn Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Domestic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Domestic is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domestic
- Craigville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Honduras
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Bluffton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Poneto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Phenix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Berne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverside.
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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wells County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Whitley County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside) 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 Riverside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |