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 (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. 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 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.
Woodland is located in Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph County: Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke, Berrien (MI) & Cass (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Woodland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodland:
- Saint Joseph County (The home county of Woodland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Wyatt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gulivoire Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gulivoire Park is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulivoire Park
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Mishawaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Roseland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roseland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Crumstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elkhart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Wakarusa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Southwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Nappanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Elkhart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Gravelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Garden Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Simonton Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Goshen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- New Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Milford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Etna Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Clunette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clunette is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clunette
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Mentone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Park
- North Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burket
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Winona Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Kankakee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kankakee is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kankakee
- Stillwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Rolling Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Kingsford Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
- Smith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smith is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Hesston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hesston is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesston
- La Porte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Door Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- La Paz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Linkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Tyner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bourbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Donaldson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Argos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Tippecanoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burr Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Culver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Noble County
- Ligonier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Koontz Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Koontz Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Lake
- Grovertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grovertown is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovertown
- Hamlet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ober
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Knox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Niles
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Niles is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,093 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <1>
- Bakertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Galien
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Galien is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Avery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Hills Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Corners is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Corners
- Berrien Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berrien Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glendora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glendora is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Three Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eau Claire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cass County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Edwardsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sumnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Pokagon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pokagon is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pokagon
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cassopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Grange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- La Grange is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Vandalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Dowagiac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Penn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penn is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn
- Jones
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Mottville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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, see our County-by-County Page for Woodland.
Cemeteries Near Woodland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrisville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Southlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of South Bend.
- The Southlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Palmer Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86961 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eutzler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bowman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shutts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka.
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Misahwaka City Cemetery
- Mishawaka Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mishawaka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84982 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pletcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodland had a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Mishawaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wakarusa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Paz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- La Paz Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Paz Junction is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Junction
- Linkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Teegarden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Nappanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Crumstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crumstown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland.
Newspapers Published in Woodland ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Saint Joseph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elkhart County
- Kosciusko County
- LaPorte County
- Marshall County
- Noble County
- Starke County
- Berrien 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> | 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> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Woodland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |