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 Talma (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 Talma. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Talma is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Cass, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Talma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Talma:
- Fulton County (The home county of Talma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Athens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Akron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leiters Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Disko
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Delong
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Grass Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Leases Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Hoover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lucerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Verona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- New Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Royal Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logansport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Nappanee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gravelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Wakarusa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Foraker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- New Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Huntington County
- Bippus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Burket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Etna Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Claypool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Winona Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Leesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bourbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Culver
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Burr Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Linkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Bremen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Donaldson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- La Paz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Macy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gilead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Deedsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Mexico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Monterey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lawton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Beardstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Star City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thornhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Winamac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Denham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walkerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Ober
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Ora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Grovertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Bass Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Koontz Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamlet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Toto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Laketon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Wabash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lagro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Collamer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Larwill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- South Whitley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Talma, see our County-by-County Page for Talma.
Cemeteries Near Talma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Talma.
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 Talma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Talma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Reister Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hamlett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meredith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGrew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tippecanoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tippecanoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tippecanoe.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288036 <2>
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Athens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nichols Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Citizens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richland Center Citizen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Talma in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Talma.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Talma, with the one closest to Talma listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tiosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tiosa is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiosa
- Walnut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Mentone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Richland Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richland Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Burket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Argos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Etna Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bourbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Talma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Talma.
Newspapers Published in Talma ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Talma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Talma, 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 Talma.
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 Talma:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Elkhart County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Noble County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke 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> | 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> | 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- Talma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Talma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |