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 Blanchard (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 Blanchard. 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 doctors and 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.
Blanchard is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Blanchard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blanchard:
- Hardin County (The home county of Blanchard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Dunkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McGuffey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Alger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Harrod
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Beaverdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Cairo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Elida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Waynesfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Santa Fe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Uniopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Cridersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Oceola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Delaware County
- Kerr Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- New Stark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Benton Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Belle Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Rushsylvania
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- La Rue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newmans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Pandora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Gilboa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Columbus Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Jones City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Glandorf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Adrian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- McCutchenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- Jackson Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Bairdstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Bloomdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Wharton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Marseilles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harpster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Carey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Sycamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blanchard, see our County-by-County Page for Blanchard.
Cemeteries Near Blanchard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blanchard.
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 Blanchard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blanchard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Cessna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Potters Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hueston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (481 more) ...
- Patterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Blanchard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blanchard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
- Dunkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Foraker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pfeiffer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
- Alger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blanchard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blanchard.
Newspapers Published in Blanchard ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanchard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blanchard, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blanchard.
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 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 Blanchard:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Seneca County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Wood County
- Wyandot 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> | 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 Blanchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blanchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |