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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 Virgie (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 Virgie. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Virgie is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Benton, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke & White.

Below are the counties that are near Virgie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Virgie:

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Virgie)
  • Benton County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.
    • Shelby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shelby is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Dinwiddie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Schneider
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Leroy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lowell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Dalecarlia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Illinoi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lakes of the Four Seasons
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Winfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Winfield is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
    • Cedar Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Crown Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Deep River is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
  • LaPorte County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.
    • Roselawn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Roselawn is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
    • Thayer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Ayr
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumava Resorts
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lake Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Lake Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Foresman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Beaver City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Morocco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Brook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Newton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Newton is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Kentland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Porter County
  • Pulaski County
  • Starke County
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.
    • Lee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Monon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolcott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Reynolds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indiana Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sitka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Iroquois County (IL)
  • Kankakee County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.
    • Illinoi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Illiana Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Sherburnville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Litchfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hopkins Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Grant Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
    • Momence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Momence is located in Kankakee County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momence
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Momence <1>
    • Saint Anne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sun River Terrace
      (28 miles [45.1 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
  • Will County (IL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Virgie, see our County-by-County Page for Virgie.

Cemeteries Near Virgie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virgie.

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 Virgie - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virgie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.

  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Kniman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cemetery of the Reesurrection
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Yeoman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sandridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunkard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • DeMotte Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Prater Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Price Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hershman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (175 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rees Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hankle Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Virgie had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Virgie, with the one closest to Virgie listed first.

  • Kniman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kniman is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kniman
  • Fair Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • DeMotte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Stoutsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Roselawn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Roselawn is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
  • Surrey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Surrey is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
  • Wheatfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Thayer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Shelby is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Mount Ayr
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rensselaer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Tefft
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tefft is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Aylesworth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virgie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virgie.

Newspapers Published in Virgie ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virgie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virgie, 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 Virgie.

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 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 Virgie:

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 Virgie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Virgie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.