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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 Speicherville (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 Speicherville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Speicherville is located in Wabash 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 Wabash County: Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami & Whitley.

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

  • Wabash County     (The home county of Speicherville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Lagro
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Urbana
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wabash
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Servia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Servia is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
    • Roann
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Laketon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stockdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Stockdale is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
    • Treaty
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Treaty is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
    • Richvalley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Richvalley is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
    • Lincolnville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • North Manchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • La Fontaine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
  • Allen County
    • Aboite
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Aboite is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Hoover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hoover is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • New Waverly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • New Waverly is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
    • Twelve Mile
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
    • Onward
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Onward is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Walton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Galveston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Leases Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Leases Corner is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
    • Logansport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Verona is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Disko
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Disko is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
    • Akron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Athens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Athens is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Fulton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rochester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Jalapa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jalapa is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
    • Mier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mier is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
    • Sweetser
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Van Buren
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Van Buren is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
    • Herbst
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Herbst is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
    • Michaelsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Michaelsville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
    • Sims
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sims is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Swayzee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Farrville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Farrville is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
    • Friendly Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
    • Arcana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Arcana is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Plevna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Plevna is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Cassville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cassville is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
    • Greentown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Vermont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Vermont is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
    • Jerome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jerome is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Guy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Guy is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
  • Huntington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Andrews
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bippus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bippus is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
    • Harlansburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
    • Monument City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Monument City is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
    • Banquo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Banquo is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
    • Mount Etna
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Huntington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • River is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
    • Goblesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Goblesville is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
    • Bowerstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
    • Majenica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Majenica is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
    • Plum Tree
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
  • Kosciusko County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Silver Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sidney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Claypool
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Dam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Burket
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Burket is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Sevastopol
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
    • Pierceton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Winona Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mentone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arrowhead Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
    • Atwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Tippecanoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Tip Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
  • Miami County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Pettysville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pettysville is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
    • Gilead
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gilead is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Denver
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oakdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakdale is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Peru
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Peru is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,937 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <1>
    • Deedsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Deedsville is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
    • Santa Fe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Santa Fe is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
    • Mexico
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Amboy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Amboy is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • North Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • North Grove is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
    • Macy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Converse
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Zanesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Liberty Center is located in Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
    • Uniondale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Whitley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speicherville, with the one closest to Speicherville listed first.
    • Luther
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Luther is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Collamer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Collamer is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
    • South Whitley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Larwill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Columbia City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lorane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lorane is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Dunfee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
    • Cresco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cresco is located in Whitley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco

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

Cemeteries Near Speicherville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speicherville.

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 Speicherville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Renicker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Foster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Memorial Lawns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Long Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Falls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Speicher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Algers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Matlock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (251 more) ...
    • Jack Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friends Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Abshire Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Urbana
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lagro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wabash
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Newton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Newton is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Ijamsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ijamsville is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ijamsville
  • Bolivar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bolivar is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
  • Roann
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Richvalley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Richvalley is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
  • Laketon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Treaty
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Treaty is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
  • Lincolnville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
  • Andrews
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bippus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bippus is located in Huntington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
    • North Manchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Pettysville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pettysville is located in Miami County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville

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

Newspapers Published in Speicherville ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speicherville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speicherville, 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 Speicherville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Speicherville:

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 Speicherville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Speicherville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.