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 Beechgrove (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 Beechgrove. 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 and hospitals 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.
Beechgrove is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Beechgrove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beechgrove:
- Darke County (The home county of Beechgrove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Savona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Arcanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Castine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ithaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- New Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pitsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- Minster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Somerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Poast Town Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Burkettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Laura
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Bloomer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Pyrmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Brookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Airhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Trotwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- West Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Russia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Boundary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Spartanburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Haysville Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Bloomingport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Modoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West College Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Whitewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Economy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Abington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Pennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pennville is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beechgrove, see our County-by-County Page for Beechgrove.
Cemeteries Near Beechgrove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beechgrove.
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 Beechgrove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beechgrove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foutz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Castine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Castine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- First Universalist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenmound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Beechgrove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beechgrove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beechgrove, with the one closest to Beechgrove listed first.
- Savona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Arcanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Delisle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Castine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ithaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Jaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- New Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Baker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Sonora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Sonora is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sonora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beechgrove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beechgrove.
Newspapers Published in Beechgrove ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beechgrove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beechgrove, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beechgrove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Beechgrove:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Butler County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Beechgrove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Beechgrove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |