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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Arena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Arena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Arena, please Contact Us.
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 Arena (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 Arena. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Arena is historic, it would have been located within present day Paulding 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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Arena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arena:
- Paulding County (The home county of Arena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Paulding
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Latty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Worstville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Broughton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Cecil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Antwerp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Payne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emmett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Delphos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Southworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Gomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Sherwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hicksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Holgate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Mercer County
- Rockford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Hartsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Continental
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Fort Jennings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Glandorf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jones City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Convoy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Van Wert
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Wren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Venedocia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Abanaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Bryan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Blakeslee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stryker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Preble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magley is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Woodburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Zulu
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Harlan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grabill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Leo-Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- New Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hoagland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Saint Joe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arena, see our County-by-County Page for Arena.
Cemeteries Near Arena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arena.
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 Arena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Paulding Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snellenbarger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apostolic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wiltsie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upthegrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Banks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Banks Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Antwerp.
- The Banks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coffelt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39741 <4>
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Forder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Creek 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.
While we didn't find Arena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arena.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arena, with the one closest to Arena listed first.
- Paulding
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Worstville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Dague ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Broughton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Reids ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Payne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hedges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Cecil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Antwerp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Emmett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Smiley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smiley is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arena.
Newspapers Published in Arena ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arena, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arena.
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 Arena:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Arena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |