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 Camden (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 Camden. 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 and hospitals 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.
Camden is located in Lorain 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 Lorain County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron & Medina.
Below are the counties that are near Camden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camden:
- Lorain County (The home county of Camden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Kipton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Oberlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Pheasant Run Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- South Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Lagrange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Huntington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Brownhelm Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Nova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ruggles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Albion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Bailey Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Polk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rowsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Olmsted Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Olmsted
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Strongsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Binola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dover
- Westlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Middleburg Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brook Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Berlin Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berlinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Huron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bogart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Sandusky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- White Fox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Wakeman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Collins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Hartland Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- New London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Spencer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Litchfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Pawnee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Valley City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Friendsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Chippewa Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <1>
- Ottawa County
- Marblehead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olivesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ganges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Forest ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shelby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- Bellevue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Omar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- West Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Aukerman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Congress
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Lattasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camden, see our County-by-County Page for Camden.
Cemeteries Near Camden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camden.
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 Camden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Camden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henrietta Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Brighton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Pittsfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Wakeman.
- Wakeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Clarksfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Old Brighton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Camden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camden, with the one closest to Camden listed first.
- Kipton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- White Fox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Pittsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Oberlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wakeman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarksfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksfield
- Wellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Clarksfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Axtel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Axtel is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camden.
Newspapers Published in Camden ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camden, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camden.
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 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 Camden:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lorain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Medina County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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> | 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. |
| <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 Camden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |