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 Woodland Hills (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 Woodland Hills. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Woodland Hills is located in LaGrange 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 Woodland Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodland Hills:
- LaGrange County (The home county of Woodland Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- LaGrange
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Howe
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seyberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Shipshewana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mongo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wolcottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Topeka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County
- Ari
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Fairfield Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Ashley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Altona
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Era
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Middlebury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bristol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bainter Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Paris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Garden Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Foraker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Elkhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Syracuse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Milford Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- North Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Cosperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cosperville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosperville
- Rome City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brimfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Wawaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wakeville Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Ligonier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kendallville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kimmell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Port Mitchell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Cromwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Avilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Orland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Russels Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Ormas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Tri-Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Churubusco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lorane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bronson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Matteson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Matteson is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson
- Batavia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sherwood is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Canada Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Corey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jones
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- Sturgis
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Fawn River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Klingers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klingers is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klingers
- Bluff Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Beach is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Beach
- Oakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Burr Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- White Pigeon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Findley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Findley is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findley
- Constantine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nottawa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centreville
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Mottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodland Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Woodland Hills.
Cemeteries Near Woodland Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland Hills.
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 Woodland Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodland Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- County Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McCoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hoagland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Osborn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sloan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beulah Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Topeka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84345 <3>
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Woodland Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodland Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodland Hills, with the one closest to Woodland Hills listed first.
- LaGrange
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Ontario
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Seyberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seyberts is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyberts
- Emma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emma is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Woodruff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Shipshewana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolcottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mongo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Brushy Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Pisgah is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Fawn River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Sturgis
(10 miles [16.1 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodland Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland Hills.
Newspapers Published in Woodland Hills ...
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 163 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland Hills, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodland Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Woodland Hills:
- 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
- Cass County
- Saint Joseph 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodland Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Woodland Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |