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 Arcanum (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 Arcanum. 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 and 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.
Arcanum is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Arcanum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arcanum:
- Darke County (The home county of Arcanum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Pitsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gordon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Fort Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Savona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Wayne Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Palestine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- Minster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Somerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Champaign County
- Christiansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Crystal Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- New Carlisle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Dodo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Burkettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Laura
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Kessler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Bloomer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Pyrmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Northview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Trotwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Verona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Euphemia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Gratis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Russia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Filburns Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Arba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Haysville Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Rural
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Saratoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Modoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Whitewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Economy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arcanum, see our County-by-County Page for Arcanum.
Cemeteries Near Arcanum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arcanum.
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 Arcanum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arcanum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Ithaca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Newcomers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gordon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mote Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <2>
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Arcanum had a population of 1,134 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Arcanum had a population of 2,004 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arcanum, with the one closest to Arcanum listed first.
- Delisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gordon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Jaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Painter Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Fort Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Savona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Sonora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Sonora is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sonora
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laura
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arcanum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arcanum.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Arcanum ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arcanum.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Arcanum. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Arcanum and those printed in the larger area surrounding Arcanum.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Arcanum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Arcanum:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph County
- Union 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 Arcanum, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arcanum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |