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 Wolcottville (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 Wolcottville. 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.
Wolcottville is primarily located in LaGrange County. A portion of Wolcottville extends into Noble 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 LaGrange County: Elkhart, Noble, Steuben, Branch (MI) & Saint Joseph (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Wolcottville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wolcottville:
- LaGrange County (The home county of Wolcottville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- South Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Gravel Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- LaGrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Topeka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stroh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Brushy Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Mongo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Howe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seyberts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Shipshewana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Ari
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Huntertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Leo-Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grabill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Fairfield Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Corunna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Ashley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Altona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Era
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Moore
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Joe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Millersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middlebury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bainter Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foraker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Dunlap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Gravelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Southwest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Garden Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Syracuse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- North Webster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Arrowhead Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- Leesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Rome City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Cosperville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Kendallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wakeville Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Wawaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Port Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ligonier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kimmell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Cromwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Orland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russels Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Hamilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ray is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Ormas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Tri-Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Churubusco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Etna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Cresco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Collins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Lorane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Columbia City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Larwill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Dunfee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bronson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hatmaker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Canada Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Matteson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Matteson is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Batavia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Fawn River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Sturgis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sturgis is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
- Klingers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bluff Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Burr Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Pigeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Findley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Constantine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nottawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mottville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Fairfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfax is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Edon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wolcottville, see our County-by-County Page for Wolcottville.
Cemeteries Near Wolcottville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wolcottville.
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 Wolcottville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wolcottville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Gaspars Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Northport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Milford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Milford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodruff Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Sloan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearspring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clearspring Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Topeka.
- The Clearspring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84651 <2>
- Perseverance Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wolcottville had a population of 837 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wolcottville had a population of 1,055 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wolcottville, with the one closest to Wolcottville listed first.
- Rome City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodruff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodruff is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- South Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Cosperville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Wawaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kendallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- LaGrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Pisgah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pisgah is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Turkey Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brushy Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Emma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Mongo
(11 miles [17.7 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 Wolcottville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wolcottville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wolcottville ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wolcottville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wolcottville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wolcottville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wolcottville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Wolcottville.
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 Wolcottville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to LaGrange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Saint Joseph County
- Williams 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 '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- Wolcottville) 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 Wolcottville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |