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 Canalport (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 Canalport. 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.
Canalport 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 Canalport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canalport:
- Paulding County (The home county of Canalport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Fort Brown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Charloe
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Melrose
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Murat ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Broughton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Grover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Mandale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Dague ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Delphos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Landeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Elida
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Ayersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hicksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Archbold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Holgate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Ridgeville Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Malinta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Deshler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Hartsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continental
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kieferville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Muntanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kalida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Jennings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glandorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Van Wert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Convoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Converse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Converse Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Glenmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Bryan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stryker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Edgerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Edgerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Woodburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Harlan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grabill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Saint Joe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Canalport, see our County-by-County Page for Canalport.
Cemeteries Near Canalport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canalport.
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 Canalport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canalport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Blakeslee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kingery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hoover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hoover Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Oakwood.
- The Hoover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319340 <3>
- Sherman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sherman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Oakwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43405 <3>
- Bowholtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hertel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dotterer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Junction Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mellinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Canalport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Canalport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Canalport, with the one closest to Canalport listed first.
- Charloe
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Melrose
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Goodwin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Hartsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Arthur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Grover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rice is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Dague ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Continental
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reids ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canalport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canalport.
Newspapers Published in Canalport ...
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 Canalport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canalport, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canalport.
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 Canalport:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Canalport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Canalport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |