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 Billingstown (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 Billingstown. 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 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.
Billingstown is located in Williams 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 Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Billingstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Billingstown:
- Williams County (The home county of Billingstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Northwest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northwest is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Cooney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooney is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Ainger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Edon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jim Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blakeslee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Montpelier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Edgerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Ney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hicksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Fayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Archbold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powers ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Butler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ashley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Corunna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Saint Joe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spencerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Altona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Greenfield Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenfield Mills is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
- Stroh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Brushy Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Gravel Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Mongo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Plato
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Noble County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Wakeville Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Kendallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- York
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Clear Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Ray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Fremont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alvarado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Russels Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Angola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hamilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Pleasant Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Orland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Ray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Fisher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Quincy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hatmaker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hatmaker is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Trailtree Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trailtree Village is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtree Village
- Gilead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Coldwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Bronson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Girard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Girard is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Hodunk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hodunk is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodunk
- Calhoun County (MI)
- Tekonsha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frontier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Ransom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Steamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Shadyside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Hillsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Lickly Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Osseo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County (MI)
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Munson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rollin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Canandaigua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- North Morenci
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Morenci
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Fawn River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn River
- Burr Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Billingstown, see our County-by-County Page for Billingstown.
Cemeteries Near Billingstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Billingstown.
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 Billingstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Billingstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Billingstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Teeters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Columbia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Malcom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nettle Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Camden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dygert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ligett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covenant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Gardner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Billingstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Billingstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Billingstown, with the one closest to Billingstown listed first.
- Cooney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooney is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Nettle Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nettle Lake is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Lake
- Northwest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northwest is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Clear Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Metz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Metz is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Ainger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Ray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Alvarado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- California
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- California is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Edon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Algansee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Algansee is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algansee
- Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Billingstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Billingstown.
Newspapers Published in Billingstown ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Billingstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Billingstown, 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 Billingstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Billingstown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Calhoun County
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Lenawee County
- Saint Joseph 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 Billingstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Billingstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |