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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Blocktown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Blocktown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blocktown, 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 Blocktown (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 Blocktown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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 Blocktown is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Blocktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blocktown:
- Hardin County (The home county of Blocktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Dola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McGuffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McVitty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Kenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Pfeiffer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Harrod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bluffton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Beaverdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Fort Shawnee
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Conant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Scotts Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Waynesfield
(18 miles [29 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Uniopolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Cridersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Williamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- New Stark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Vanlue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marl City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Logansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- La Rue
(19 miles [30.6 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Pandora
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Columbus Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Jones City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Glandorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- West Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Alvada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- McCutchenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Riegel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Jackson Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Bairdstown
(29 miles [46.7 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)
- Hoytville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- North Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Kirby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wharton
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Carey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harpster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Mexico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blocktown, see our County-by-County Page for Blocktown.
Cemeteries Near Blocktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blocktown.
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 Blocktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blocktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cessna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dola Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shadley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Williamstown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McElroy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Preston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Potters Field
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Blocktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blocktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blocktown, with the one closest to Blocktown listed first.
- Dunkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- McGuffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- New Stark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Williamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
- Ada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McVitty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(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 Blocktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blocktown.
Newspapers Published in Blocktown ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blocktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blocktown, 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 Blocktown.
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 Blocktown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize 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> | 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 Blocktown, 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> | 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- Blocktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |