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 Stockdale (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 Stockdale. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Stockdale is primarily located in Wabash County. A portion of Stockdale extends into Miami 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 Stockdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stockdale:
- Wabash County (The home county of Stockdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Roann
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Laketon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- North Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Servia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Lagro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Treaty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Lincolnville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- La Fontaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Hoover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Twelve Mile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- New Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Onward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Leases Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Walton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Dunkirk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Galveston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Royal Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Disko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Lake Bruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Jalapa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jalapa is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Sweetser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Herbst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Sims
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Swayzee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michaelsville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Van Buren
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Cassville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Plevna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Vermont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Bippus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Andrews
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Huntington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Banquo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
- Goblesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Mount Etna
(23 miles [37 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
- River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Bowerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Majenica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Roanoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Silver Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Claypool
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Burket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sidney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Mentone
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winona Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Pierceton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Clunette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Bourbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Argos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Pettysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Denver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deedsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Macy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Loree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Bunker Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Amboy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Pulaski County
- Thornhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Collamer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Luther
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- South Whitley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Larwill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Lorane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stockdale, see our County-by-County Page for Stockdale.
Cemeteries Near Stockdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stockdale.
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 Stockdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stockdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Finley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reeds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abshire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Musselman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Gaerte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Long Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Stockdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stockdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
- Roann
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pettysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Disko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Ijamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ijamsville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ijamsville
- Laketon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Courter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Courter is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courter
- Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Deedsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Richvalley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stockdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stockdale.
Newspapers Published in Stockdale ...
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 Stockdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stockdale, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stockdale.
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 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 Stockdale:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wabash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Grant County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski 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 Stockdale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stockdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |