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 Bloom Center (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 Bloom Center. 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.
Name Variations for Bloom Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bloom Center: Bloom Ctr. (or less commonly used: Bloom Cen., Bloom Cent. or Bloom Cntr.)
You might see Bloom Centre instead of Bloom Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bloom Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bloom Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Bloom Center is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Bloom Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bloom Center:
- Logan County (The home county of Bloom Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Russells Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bellefontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Belle Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Marl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Harrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Beaverdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Spencerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Santa Fe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Fryburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Wapakoneta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Cridersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Buckland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Minster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Carysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mutual
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Dialton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Tremont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- North Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Dodo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Eagle City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Northridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Roundhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Alger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McGuffey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Mount Victory
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Dola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Mercer County
- Chickasaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Lena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Piqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Polo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Alcony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Jackson Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Montra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Botkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Raymond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bloom Center, see our County-by-County Page for Bloom Center.
Cemeteries Near Bloom Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloom Center.
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 Bloom Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bloom Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Rea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewistown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moores Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Logansville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McCord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seventh Day Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Means Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (491 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tanger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bloom Center had a population of 88 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bloom Center, with the one closest to Bloom Center listed first.
- Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Santa Fe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Jackson Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gretna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gretna is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Montra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gutman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gutman is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutman
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pemberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- New Hampshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bloom Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloom Center.
Newspapers Published in Bloom Center ...
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 Bloom Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloom Center, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bloom Center.
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 Bloom Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Bloom Center, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bloom Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |