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 Vanmeter Park (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 Vanmeter Park. 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 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.
Vanmeter Park is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Cass, Fulton, Jasper, Marshall, Starke & White.
Below are the counties that are near Vanmeter Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vanmeter Park:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Vanmeter Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Lawton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beardstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Monterey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Denham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Thornhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Medaryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Francesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Burrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Rockfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Yeoman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Royal Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lucerne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Leases Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Verona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lake Cicott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Twelve Mile
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Dunkirk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Logansport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clymers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Hoover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- New Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Lake Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Delong
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Leiters Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Kewanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Grass Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Rochester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Akron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Tefft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Gifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Wheatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Mentone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Etna Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsford Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Kankakee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Wanatah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Culver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Argos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Plymouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Tippecanoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Tip Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Harris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bourbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- La Paz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Macy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Gilead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Denver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porter County
- Kouts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph County
- Walkerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Ora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Aldine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Ober
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Toto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Knox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Judson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- San Pierre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grovertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Koontz Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Headlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Sitka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Burnettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Indiana Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Monon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Norway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Lee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vanmeter Park, see our County-by-County Page for Vanmeter Park.
Cemeteries Near Vanmeter Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vanmeter Park.
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 Vanmeter Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vanmeter Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mull Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burroughs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Vanmeter Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vanmeter Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vanmeter Park, with the one closest to Vanmeter Park listed first.
- Winamac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Monterey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Ora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delong
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Denham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Kewanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Winona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winona is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Thornhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Grass Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Maxinkuckee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maxinkuckee is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxinkuckee
- Ober
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Lakeside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vanmeter Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vanmeter Park.
Newspapers Published in Vanmeter Park ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vanmeter Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vanmeter Park, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vanmeter Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Vanmeter Park:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Porter County
- Saint Joseph County
- Starke County
- White 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 Vanmeter Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Vanmeter Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |