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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bailey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bailey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bailey, 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 Bailey (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 Bailey. 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.
Name Variations for Bailey ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Bailey has also been known as: Bailey Station.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bailey. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bailey.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bailey is historic, it would have been located within present day Lucas 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 Lucas County: Lenawee (MI), Monroe (MI), Fulton, Henry, Ottawa & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Bailey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bailey:
- Lucas County (The home county of Bailey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharples
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Air Line Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Berkey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- East Toledo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Jewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Swanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- West Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Assumption
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Siney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Metamora
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Wauseon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Hancock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- McComb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Findlay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Colton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deshler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Napoleon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hamler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Florida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Holgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Ridgeville Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Genoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clay Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Martin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Curtice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Belmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- West Leipsic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lindsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Seneca County
- Fostoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Tontogany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Perrysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Lime City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Custar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Portage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Ogden Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Riga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Blissfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Morenci
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Sand Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- North Morenci
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Seneca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Lambertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Temperance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Samaria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Erie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Petersburg Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Luna Pier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yargerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Lulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bailey, see our County-by-County Page for Bailey.
Cemeteries Near Bailey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bailey.
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 Bailey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bailey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Otsego Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tontogany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wakeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakeman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #358946 <3>
- Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rupp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.
Bailey itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bailey, with the one closest to Bailey listed first.
- Neowash ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Neowash is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neowash
- Tontogany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hull Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
- Waterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neapolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roachton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roachton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachton
- Monclova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sugar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
- Colton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bailey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bailey.
Newspapers Published in Bailey ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bailey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bailey, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bailey.
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 Bailey:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lucas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe 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 Bailey, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bailey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |