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 Braffetsville (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 Braffetsville. 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.
Braffetsville is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Braffetsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braffetsville:
- Darke County (The home county of Braffetsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- New Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Castine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wayne Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Fort Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Long
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Arcanum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Somerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Contreras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Astoria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Jacksonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Poast Town Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Mercer County
- Burkettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Potsdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Kessler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Bloomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Polo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Pyrmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Kreitzer Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Airhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- New Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Euphemia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- West Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- Russia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Springersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville
- Bentonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Connersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Everton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Everton is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Franklin County (IN)
- Bath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Franklin County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Henry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Blountsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Mooreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- New Lisbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Lisbon is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Corwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corwin is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Messick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Messick is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- Straughn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jay County (IN)
- Boundary City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Arba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Lynn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Bloomingport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Haysville Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Losantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West College Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Billingsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Billingsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville
- Contreras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Contreras is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Whitewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Fountain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Abington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Economy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braffetsville, see our County-by-County Page for Braffetsville.
Cemeteries Near Braffetsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braffetsville.
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 Braffetsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braffetsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenmound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- First Universalist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hollansburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Hamburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Braffetsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braffetsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braffetsville, with the one closest to Braffetsville listed first.
- Wiley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wiley is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Whitewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- New Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- New Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Glen Karn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Karn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Karn
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- New Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Westville is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Westville
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- West Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Arba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braffetsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braffetsville.
Newspapers Published in Braffetsville ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braffetsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Braffetsville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Braffetsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Braffetsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Braffetsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Braffetsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |