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 Brandywine (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 Brandywine. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Brandywine is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Brandywine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandywine:
- Crawford County (The home county of Brandywine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Broken Sword
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Bucyrus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- North Robinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- New Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Tiro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Crestline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Bailey Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Mifflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ruggles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delaware County
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- West Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hardin County
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Celeryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Steuben
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- North Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greenwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Fitchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Monroeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Batemantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Martel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Morral
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- New Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Waldo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newmans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- La Rue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Iberia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Maybee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ganges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shiloh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Carrothers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Caroline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Melmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Attica Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Scipio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Omar
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Republic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Duenquat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wyandot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Belle Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Harpster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Carey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marseilles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wharton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brandywine, see our County-by-County Page for Brandywine.
Cemeteries Near Brandywine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandywine.
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 Brandywine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brandywine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Rupp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tiffin Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brenner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broken Sword Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword Cemetery
- The Broken Sword Cemetery has also been known as:
- Albright Cemetery
- Brokensword Cemetery
- Continue List (531 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brandywine had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brandywine, with the one closest to Brandywine listed first.
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Bucyrus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Chatfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Spore
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spore is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spore
- Glenville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- North Robinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
- Lykens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- New Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carrothers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brandywine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brandywine.
Newspapers Published in Brandywine ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandywine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandywine, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brandywine.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Brandywine:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Brandywine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Brandywine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |