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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 Butlers Mill (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 Butlers Mill. 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 Butlers Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Butlers Mill: Butlers Ml. (or less commonly used: Butlers Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Butlers Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Butlers Mill may originally have been Butler's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Butlers Mill might be written as Butler Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Butlers Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butlers Mill.
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.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Butlers Mill is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Allen, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Butlers Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Butlers Mill:
- Hancock County (The home county of Butlers Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Hancock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Van Buren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benton Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Rawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jenera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Bluffton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Gomer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Ayersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Wauseon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Ada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Deshler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McClure
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Grelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holgate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Liberty Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Florida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Napoleon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Maumee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Mandale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Murat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Charloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Townwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Gilboa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ottawa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miller City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pandora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Kieferville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Columbus Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continental
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Fostoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- New Riegel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adrian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bascom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Hoytville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Baltimore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Hammansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bairdstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Weston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bloomdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eagleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Grand Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Carey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Butlers Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Butlers Mill.
Cemeteries Near Butlers Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Butlers Mill.
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 Butlers Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Butlers Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Belmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McComb Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Horn Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Indian Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Butlers Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Butlers Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Butlers Mill, with the one closest to Butlers Mill listed first.
- Hancock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Shawtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Deweyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deweyville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Deshler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Hoytville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- McComb
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Portage Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portage Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Center
- West Leipsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Haney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haney is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney
- Custar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Butlers Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Butlers Mill.
Newspapers Published in Butlers Mill ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Butlers Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Butlers Mill, 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 Butlers Mill.
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 helpful 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 Butlers Mill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Butlers Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Butlers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |