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 Sumava Resorts (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 Sumava Resorts. 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.
Sumava Resorts is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Iroquois (IL), Kankakee (IL), Benton, Jasper & Lake.
Below are the counties that are near Sumava Resorts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sumava Resorts:
- Newton County (The home county of Sumava Resorts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Lake Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Thayer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Roselawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Morocco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ayr
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Beaver City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Foresman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Kentland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- Raub
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Raub is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Fair Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeMotte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Virgie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Stoutsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gifford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Rensselaer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Tefft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Schneider
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Illinoi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Dalecarlia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Dinwiddie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Cedar Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Crown Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint John
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- LaPorte County
- La Crosse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Boone Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Kouts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Valparaiso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Pulaski County
- Medaryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Starke County
- San Pierre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White County
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Sauk Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ford Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Chicago Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Lynwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chicago Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Park Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richton Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olympia Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flossmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Matteson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Beaverville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Donovan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iroquois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Effner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Chebanse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- L'Erable
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- L'Erable is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Erable
- Sheldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watseka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Illinoi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Sherburnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Litchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Grant Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Hopkins Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Momence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Saint Anne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Aroma Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manteno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Beecher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Willowbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Crete
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peotone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Steger
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- University Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Wilton Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sumava Resorts, see our County-by-County Page for Sumava Resorts.
Cemeteries Near Sumava Resorts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sumava Resorts.
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 Sumava Resorts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sumava Resorts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Lake Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sherburnville Christian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bible Witness Camp Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Edwards Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Petersberg Cemetery
- Shrontz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fuller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sumava Resorts in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sumava Resorts.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sumava Resorts, with the one closest to Sumava Resorts listed first.
- Lake Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Thayer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Roselawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Sherburnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Orchard Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
- Hopkins Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Fair Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Creston is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Grant Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Momence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- DeMotte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Koster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Koster is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sumava Resorts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sumava Resorts.
Newspapers Published in Sumava Resorts ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumava Resorts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sumava Resorts, 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 Sumava Resorts.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Sumava Resorts:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- White County
- Cook County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Will 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 Sumava Resorts, 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 from Point A (ie- Sumava Resorts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |