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 Union Mills (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 Union Mills. 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 Union Mills ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Union Mills: Union Mls. (or less commonly used: Union Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Union Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Union Mills.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Union Mills is located in LaPorte 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 LaPorte County: Jasper, Porter, Saint Joseph, Starke & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Union Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union Mills:
- LaPorte County (The home county of Union Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Kingsford Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kingsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Door Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Hanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haskell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Alida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wanatah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Porte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Otis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Stillwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Fulton County
- Delong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Tefft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Wheatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- DeMotte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Deep River
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hobart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Duneland Village of Gary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Chicago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Duneland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Green Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Leroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Liverpool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Merrillville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Donaldson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Tyner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- La Paz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Burr Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Plymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Culver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Suman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Suman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suman
- Tratebas Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Valparaiso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chesterton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Town-of-Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Town-of-Pines is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town-of-Pines
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Beverly Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kouts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Babcock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- South Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Dune Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Boone Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Denham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Beardstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Monterey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Medaryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Saint Joseph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Walkerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crumstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Zeigler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zeigler is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Lakeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nutwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Gulivoire Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- South Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Hamlet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Koontz Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Toto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Grovertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Knox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Judson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aldine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Ober
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- San Pierre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bass Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Michiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grand Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grand Beach is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Three Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union Pier
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Avery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Galien
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Harbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hazelhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hazelhurst is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Sawyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Union Mills.
Cemeteries Near Union Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Mills.
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 Union Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tracy Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eaheart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quakerdom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Beattys Corner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eight Square Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luther Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Union Mills had a population of 359 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union Mills, with the one closest to Union Mills listed first.
- Wellsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wellsboro is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsboro
- Tracy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tracy is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Kingsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Hanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Door Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Haskell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Alida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Wanatah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Union Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Wanatah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Wanatah is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wanatah
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Thomaston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thomaston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
- La Porte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Union Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union Mills.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Union Mills ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Mills.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Union Mills. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Union Mills and those printed in the larger area surrounding Union Mills.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Union Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Union Mills:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to LaPorte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- Marshall County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- Berrien 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> | 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 Union Mills, 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 from Point A (ie- Union Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |