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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bay. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bay to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bay, 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 Bay (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 Bay. 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 Bay is historic, it would have been located within present day Auglaize 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 Auglaize County: Allen, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bay:
- Auglaize County (The home county of Bay)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Moulton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buckland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- New Knoxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Cridersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Minster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Conant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Southworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Landeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Westminster
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Delphos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gomer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Harrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- Carysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Osgood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Frenchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- New Weston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rossburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Lightsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Ansonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Roundhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- McGuffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Russells Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- De Graff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Belle Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Bellefontaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Chickasaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Mendon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Mercer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Coldwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burkettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Polo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bloomer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Piqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fletcher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Jones City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Fort Jennings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ottoville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muntanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Kalida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Botkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kettlersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Filburns Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Jackson Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Laramie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Maplewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Port Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sidney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Middle Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Van Wert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Willshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Jay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Bay.
Cemeteries Near Bay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay.
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 Bay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Julion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wisely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hittepole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wapakoneta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40752 <3>
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pilger Ruhe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilger Ruhe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pilger Ruhe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of New Knoxville.
- The Pilger Ruhe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ruhe Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42667 <3>
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 Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bay, with the one closest to Bay listed first.
- Moulton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Glynwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glynwood is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glynwood
- New Knoxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Wapakoneta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buckland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Marys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Botkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Kettlersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kossuth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Hume
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- New Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cridersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay.
Newspapers Published in Bay ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bay.
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 Bay:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Auglaize County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Champaign County
- Darke County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Jay 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 Bay, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |