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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Biddle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Biddle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Biddle, 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 Biddle (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 Biddle. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Biddle is historic, it would have been located within present day Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Biddle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Biddle:
- Crawford County (The home county of Biddle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Tiro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crestline
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Galion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Bucyrus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chatfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Lemert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Mifflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bailey Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Nova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perrysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- Ashley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Celeryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coble Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Delphi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Greenwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Fitchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Hunts Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Olena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Batemantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fredericktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- North Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Martel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Marion
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Maybee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ganges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Sandusky County
- Bellevue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Carrothers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caroline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Bloomville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Melmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Scipio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Republic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- McCutchenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Nevada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Duenquat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Harpster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Biddle, see our County-by-County Page for Biddle.
Cemeteries Near Biddle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Biddle.
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 Biddle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Biddle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- Biddle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dapper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandusky Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Luke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crawford County Memory Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Windfall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dickson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (540 more) ...
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Biddle itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Biddle, with the one closest to Biddle listed first.
- North Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Crestline
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tiro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Brandywine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brandywine is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine
- Galion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bucyrus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Winchester is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Toledo Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Biddle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Biddle.
Newspapers Published in Biddle ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Biddle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Biddle, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Biddle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Biddle:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Delaware County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot 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 Biddle, 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 '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- Biddle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |