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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 Shady Banks (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 Shady Banks. 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.

Shady Banks is located in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County: Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Noble, Wabash & Whitley.

Below are the counties that are near Shady Banks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Banks:

  • Kosciusko County     (The home county of Shady Banks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Milford
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
    • Milford Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
    • Wawasee Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
    • Syracuse
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leesburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Clunette
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
    • Arrowhead Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • North Webster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Atwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
    • Winona Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Etna Green
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pierceton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Burket
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Burket is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Elkhart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Gravelton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
    • New Paris
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bainter Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
    • Benton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Benton is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Foraker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Nappanee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Millersburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Southwest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Southwest is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
    • Goshen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wakarusa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunlap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Jamestown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Middlebury
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Akron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Disko
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
    • Athens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Rochester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • LaGrange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Topeka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Shipshewana
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolcottville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Valentine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Valentine is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • LaGrange
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Scott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Scott is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
    • Seyberts
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
    • South Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • South Milford is located in LaGrange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Bourbon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bremen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Old Tip Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
    • Tippecanoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Linkville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Linkville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
    • Argos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Argos is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <1>
    • Harris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Harris is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • La Paz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • La Paz is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
    • Plymouth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Tyner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Tyner is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
  • Miami County
    • Gilead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Indian Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Cromwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Wilmot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilmot is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Ligonier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimmell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Wolf Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
    • Wawaka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cosperville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cosperville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
    • Port Mitchell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
    • Albion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Merriam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Merriam is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
    • Brimfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Brimfield is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
    • Green Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Green Center is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
  • Saint Joseph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Wyatt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Osceola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Osceola is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
    • Lakeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mishawaka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulivoire Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
    • Nutwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
    • Granger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Wabash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Liberty Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
    • North Manchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Laketon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Servia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Servia is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Etna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Etna is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Ormas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ormas is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
    • Larwill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Lorane
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Cresco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Tri-Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
    • Collamer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • Columbia City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • South Whitley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Collins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Collins is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Churubusco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Luther
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
  • Cass County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Edwardsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Joseph County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.
    • Mottville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
    • White Pigeon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Banks, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Banks.

Cemeteries Near Shady Banks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Banks.

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 Shady Banks - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Banks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.

  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Milford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Tamarack Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Island Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cable Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Syracuse Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brumbaugh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clunette Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Weybright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (248 more) ...

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 Shady Banks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Banks.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Banks, with the one closest to Shady Banks listed first.

  • Milford
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
  • Milford Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
  • Leesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Syracuse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oswego
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oswego is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Gravelton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
  • Hastings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hastings is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
  • Clunette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
  • Vawter Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
  • New Paris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • North Webster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Benton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Benton is located in Elkhart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Foraker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Foraker is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
    • Nappanee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Waterford Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Banks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Banks.

Newspapers Published in Shady Banks ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Banks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Banks, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Banks.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Shady Banks:

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 Shady Banks, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shady Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.