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 Amsden (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 Amsden. 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 doctors 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.
Amsden is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Amsden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Amsden:
- Seneca County (The home county of Amsden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Bettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Fostoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Bascom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Tiffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- New Riegel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alvada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Berwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Adrian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Chatfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- New Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- Castalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- West Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vanlue
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Blanchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Benton Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- Deshler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huron County
- Hunts Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Maumee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Oregon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Elmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Genoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clay Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Lacarne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Curtice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Gypsum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- Townwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Burgoon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Gibsonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Stony Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lindsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kingsway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Shorewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Risingsun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- West Millgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bradner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bloomdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Six Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Pemberville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Cygnet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Luckey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Wharton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Amsden, see our County-by-County Page for Amsden.
Cemeteries Near Amsden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amsden.
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 Amsden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Amsden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Null Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dysinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Feaselburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crissa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fostoria Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Amsden had a population of 143 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Amsden, with the one closest to Amsden listed first.
- Angus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Kansas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Fostoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Linden ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Bettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Bascom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Tinney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tinney is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinney
- Risingsun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hatton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Rollersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Amsden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amsden.
Newspapers Published in Amsden ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amsden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amsden, 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 Amsden.
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 helpful 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 Amsden:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Huron County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Wood 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> | 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 Amsden, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amsden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |