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 Poe (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 Poe. 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 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.
Poe 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 Poe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poe:
- Allen County (The home county of Poe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Yoder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoagland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Monroeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zulu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Hacienda Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Aboite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Arcola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Magley
(7 miles [11.3 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 southeast)
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras
(12 miles [19.3 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 southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(20 miles [32.2 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)
- Blackford County
- Montpelier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- 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
- Spencerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Altona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Markle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Plum Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Majenica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Goblesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Harlansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Andrews
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bippus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Fiat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Antiville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Pennville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Laotto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Avilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Merriam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Ossian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Craigville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zanesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Bluffton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Travisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Reiffsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Liberty Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Dunfee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Churubusco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Collins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Luther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Tri-Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Lorane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- South Whitley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Rockford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Scudder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Antwerp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Link ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Haviland
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Dague ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dague is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Wren
(18 miles [29 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>
- Convoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Willshire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Van Wert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ohio City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poe, see our County-by-County Page for Poe.
Cemeteries Near Poe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poe.
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 Poe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- El Honan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fogwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brenton Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Alpha Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Massilon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Murray Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Poe had a population of 143 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
- Ossian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoagland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tocsin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Magley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Nine Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Kingsland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Preble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monmouth is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Maples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maples is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Peterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peterson is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Craigville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poe.
Newspapers Published in Poe ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poe, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poe.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Poe:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Blackford 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> | 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 Poe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |