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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 Broughton (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 Broughton. 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 doctors 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.
Broughton is located in Paulding 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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Broughton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Broughton:
- Paulding County (The home county of Broughton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Hedges
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Dague ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Paulding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Grover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Haviland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Fort Brown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Charloe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Worstville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Delphos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Spencerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ayersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Brunersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hicksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Holgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Hamler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Ridgeville Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Napoleon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Malinta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Rockford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Hartsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Dupont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continental
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Fort Jennings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Miller City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Jones City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Glandorf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Scott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Convoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Middle Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Venedocia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Glenmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Abanaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Converse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Bryan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Stryker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Preble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Woodburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Harlan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grabill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Hoagland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Saint Joe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Broughton, see our County-by-County Page for Broughton.
Cemeteries Near Broughton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Broughton.
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 Broughton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Broughton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Hedges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Apostolic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowholtz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upthegrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (350 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Broughton had a population of 202 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Broughton had a population of 115 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Broughton, with the one closest to Broughton listed first.
- Hedges
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Dague ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Goodwin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goodwin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Paulding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Charloe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Scott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reids ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Worstville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Cecil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Broughton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Broughton.
Newspapers Published in Broughton ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Broughton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Broughton, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Broughton.
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 either 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 Broughton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb 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 Broughton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Broughton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |