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Welcome to Batson ...

So far, we found very little information about Batson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Batson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Batson, please Contact Us.

Batson would have been located within present day Paulding County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Batson, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Batson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Batson is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Batson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Batson still existed, it would have been in the (419) & (567)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Batson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Batson - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi (2), South Carolina and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Batson.

Communities near Batson ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Batson.

  • New Haven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Van Wert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Wert have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
    • Van Wert is located in Van Wert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Wert <6>
  • Decatur
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decatur have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Decatur is located in Adams County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,884 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
  • Leo-Cedarville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leo-Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
    • Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
  • Paulding
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paulding have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
    • Paulding is located in Paulding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,414 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paulding <6>
  • Hicksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Antwerp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Woodburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Monroeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grabill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabill
    • Grabill is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grabill <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Batson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Batson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Batson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Batson.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Batson. See our Newspapers Page for Batson.

Adding Batson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Batson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Batson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Batson post office opened in 1891.

We also found Batson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Batson.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Batson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Batson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (567) is an overlay for area code (419).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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