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 Amoy (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 Amoy. 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 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.
Amoy is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Amoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Amoy:
- Richland County (The home county of Amoy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Maybee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ganges
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Mansfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Vernon Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Hanley Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Forest ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Mifflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ruggles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Perrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jeromesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nova
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McKay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rowsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Crestline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tiro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Galion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- North Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- New Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Lemert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Delphi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Greenwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Celeryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Olena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Nunda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Fredericktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jelloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Dorema
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Buckeye City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Huntington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wellington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Martel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Pawnee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Carrothers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Omar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Bloomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- West Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Funk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Lattasburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- New Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- West Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Congress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Aukerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Millbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Shreve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Devil Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Duenquat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Amoy, see our County-by-County Page for Amoy.
Cemeteries Near Amoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amoy.
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 Amoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Amoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Clay Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Springmill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springmill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springmill Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mansfield.
- The Springmill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Leppo Cemetery
- Spring Mill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155572 <3>
- Zeiter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boyce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ohio State Reformatory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (491 more) ...
- Windsor Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Amoy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Amoy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Amoy, with the one closest to Amoy listed first.
- Spring Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Toledo Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Ontario
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Epworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Mansfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Pavonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
- Shenandoah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olivesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Vernon Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Paradise Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paradise Hill is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Adario
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adario is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adario
- Crestline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Amoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amoy.
Newspapers Published in Amoy ...
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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amoy, 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 Amoy.
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 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 Amoy:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Seneca County
- Wayne County
- Wyandot 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amoy) 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 Amoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |