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 Caledonia (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 Caledonia. 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.
Caledonia is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Caledonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caledonia:
- Marion County (The home county of Caledonia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Martel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Logan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Waldo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Green Camp
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Newmans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Bloomington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- La Rue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Bucyrus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Galion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Oceola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Crestline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broken Sword
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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
- Lemert
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Ashley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Leonardsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Meredith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Kerr Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Paget ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McVitty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Huron County
- Celeryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Batemantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Dorema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Fredericktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Mount Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Centerburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Bangs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Five Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Iberia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maybee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Alta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hanley Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Bellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Shelby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ganges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Carrothers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Melmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Bloomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caroline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- McCutchenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Attica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Richwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harpster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Duenquat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Marseilles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Kirby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Caledonia, see our County-by-County Page for Caledonia.
Cemeteries Near Caledonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caledonia.
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 Caledonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caledonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Caledonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Caledonia Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mellott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ziller Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Canaan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williamson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hinds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Claridon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (525 more) ...
- Underwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brucklacher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Caledonia had a population of 757 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Caledonia had a population of 560 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caledonia, with the one closest to Caledonia listed first.
- Martel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Climax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Kirkpatrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Logan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- New Winchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Winchester is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Iberia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cardington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Bucyrus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Galion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caledonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caledonia.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Caledonia ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caledonia.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Caledonia. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Caledonia and those printed in the larger area surrounding Caledonia.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> of Caledonia.
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 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 Caledonia:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Union 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 Caledonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Caledonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |