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 Abe (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 Abe. 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.
Abe is located in Miami County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Abe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Abe:
- Miami County (The home county of Abe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Polo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bloomer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Piqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laura
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fletcher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Kessler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Potsdam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Minster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Fryburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Christiansburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Millerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Dodo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Versailles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Stelvideo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Brock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Poplar Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Dawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Yorkshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Osgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Pitsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Chickasaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burkettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Montezuma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Recovery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Macedon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Englewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Northview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Airhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Pyrmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Huber Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Russia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lockington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Fort Laramie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Pasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kettlersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Anna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Botkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jay County (IN)
- Salamonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Haysville Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Wayne County (IN)
- Whitewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Abe, see our County-by-County Page for Abe.
Cemeteries Near Abe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abe.
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 Abe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Abe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Union Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miami Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Covington.
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covington Cemetery
- Ingle Family Burying Ground
- Old Township Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41403 <2>
- Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Harris Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harris Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deeter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Priest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (510 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Munk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Abe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Abe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Abe, with the one closest to Abe listed first.
- Bloomer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Russia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Piqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Gettysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Red River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Lockington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Versailles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Abe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abe.
Newspapers Published in Abe ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abe, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abe.
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 Abe:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Abe, 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- Abe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |