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 Wagoner (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 Wagoner. 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 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.
Wagoner is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard & Wabash.
Below are the counties that are near Wagoner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagoner:
- Miami County (The home county of Wagoner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Macy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Deedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Oakdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Santa Fe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Miami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Burrows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Leases Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- New Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Lucerne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Logansport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Onward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Dunkirk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Royal Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clymers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Disko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Grass Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Leiters Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- 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
- Howard County
- Cassville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Bippus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Andrews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Silver Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claypool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etna Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Sidney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Winona Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Arrowhead Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Tippecanoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Argos
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bourbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Culver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Burr Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Linkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Thornhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
- Star City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Winamac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ober
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Aldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Stockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laketon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- North Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Servia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Wabash
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lagro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Headlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Burnettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Idaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Collamer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- South Whitley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Luther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Larwill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wagoner, see our County-by-County Page for Wagoner.
Cemeteries Near Wagoner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagoner.
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 Wagoner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wagoner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plainview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Athens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Citizens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yike Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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, Wagoner had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wagoner, with the one closest to Wagoner listed first.
- Green Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Oak is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Macy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perrysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Deedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Gilead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Chili
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Disko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Metea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wagoner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wagoner.
Newspapers Published in Wagoner ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagoner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagoner, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagoner.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Wagoner:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White 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> | 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 Wagoner, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wagoner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |