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 Baldwin (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 Baldwin. 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 doctors 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.
Baldwin is located in 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 Baldwin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baldwin:
- Paulding County (The home county of Baldwin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Haviland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Antwerp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dague ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Broughton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Paulding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Delphos
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Southworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Scotts Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Hicksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mercer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Mendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Scudder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Ottoville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Hartsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Fort Jennings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Continental
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Van Wert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Glenmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Abanaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Willshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ohio City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Venedocia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Williams County
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Decatur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Preble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Magley is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coppess Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Honduras
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Geneva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Woodburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoagland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Harlan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grabill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- Leo-Cedarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Fort Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Spencerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Joe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- New Era
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Moore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altona
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Markle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Markle is located in Huntington County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Markle <1>
- Roanoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Noble County (IN)
- Laotto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Tocsin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Ossian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- North Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Uniondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Bluffton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Travisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Travisville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Whitley County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Dunfee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Churubusco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baldwin, see our County-by-County Page for Baldwin.
Cemeteries Near Baldwin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwin.
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 Baldwin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baldwin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McNeal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dealey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lehman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Monroeville (IN).
- The Brown Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84455 <2>
- Metzer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wiltsie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Snellenbarger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Massilon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Baldwin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baldwin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Batson ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Smiley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smiley is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Payne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zulu
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Woodburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Convoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Maples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maples is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wolfcale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wolfcale is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcale
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Hoagland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baldwin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldwin.
Newspapers Published in Baldwin ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldwin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldwin.
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 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 Baldwin:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Mercer County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Huntington County
- Noble County
- Wells County
- Whitley 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Baldwin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Baldwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |