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 Hoagland (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 Hoagland. 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 hospitals 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.
Hoagland is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley, Defiance (OH), Paulding (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Hoagland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hoagland:
- Allen County (The home county of Hoagland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zulu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Yoder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Fort Wayne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Woodburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aboite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Magley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Coppess Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Spencerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Era
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Saint Joe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Garrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Altona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Markle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Plum Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Majenica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Goblesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Jay City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fiat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Trinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Laotto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Ossian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Craigville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- North Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Uniondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Travisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Reiffsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Liberty Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Dunfee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Churubusco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Collins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Rockford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Scudder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tama is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Wabash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Antwerp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Haviland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Link ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Dague ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dague is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Latty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Willshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Van Wert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ohio City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hoagland, see our County-by-County Page for Hoagland.
Cemeteries Near Hoagland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoagland.
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 Hoagland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hoagland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Massilon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Monroeville.
- The Brown Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84455 <3>
- Alpha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- El Honan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Decatur Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- The Decatur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85219 <3>
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hoagland had a population of 220 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hoagland, with the one closest to Hoagland listed first.
- Williams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Poe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monmouth is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zulu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Magley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Peterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peterson is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Dixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ossian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Curryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hoagland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hoagland.
Newspapers Published in Hoagland ...
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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoagland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoagland, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoagland.
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 Hoagland:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- DeKalb County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Noble County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert 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 '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- Hoagland) 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 Hoagland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |