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 Silver Lake (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 Silver Lake. 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 Silver Lake ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Silver Lake: Silver Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Lake.
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 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.
Silver Lake 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 Silver Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Lake:
- Kosciusko County (The home county of Silver Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Claypool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Sidney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Winona Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mentone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Pierceton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Etna Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clunette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Leesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- Aboite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Leases Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Lucerne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Onward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Gravelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Nappanee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bainter Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Foraker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Disko
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leiters Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Kewanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Grass Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Lake Bruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Bippus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Goblesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Andrews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harlansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Huntington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Banquo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bourbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Argos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Pettysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Macy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Bunker Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Cromwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Kimmell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Port Mitchell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Laketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roann
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Servia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Urbana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lagro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Treaty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lincolnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Collamer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Larwill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Luther
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Lorane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Ormas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Tri-Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Dunfee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Lake.
Cemeteries Near Silver Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Germantown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gospel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Graceland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- German Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Baptist Cemetery
- The German Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery
- Old Order Cemetery
- Hamman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clemmers - Fishers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gaerte Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Moyer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Laketon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Silver Lake had a population of 570 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Silver Lake had a population of 916 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Claypool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Disko
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Packerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Packerton is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packerton
- Burket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Sevastopol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Ijamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ijamsville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ijamsville
- Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- North Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Liberty Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Sidney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Lake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Silver Lake ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Lake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Silver Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Silver Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Silver Lake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Silver Lake.
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 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 Silver Lake:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Kosciusko County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Fulton County
- Huntington County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Wabash 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> | 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 Silver Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Silver Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |