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 Carpenters Corners (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 Carpenters Corners. 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 Carpenters Corners ...
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 Carpenters Corners: Carpenters Cors.
- While the name of this community is Carpenters Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Carpenters Corners may originally have been Carpenter's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Carpenters Corners might be written as Carpenter Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carpenters Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carpenters Corners.
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 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 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.
Carpenters Corners 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 Carpenters Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carpenters Corners:
- Marion County (The home county of Carpenters Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Morral
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Ruth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Green Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- La Rue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Newmans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Martel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Waldo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Oceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Broken Sword
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- North Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Galion
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Chatfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Crestline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tiro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Meredith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Radnor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Ashley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- West Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Jenera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mount Victory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Kenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jumbo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- McGuffey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- West Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Shawtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Edison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Cardington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- McCutchenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Melmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- New Riegel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alvada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Carrothers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Richwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Summersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Magnetic Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Raymond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Harpster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyandot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Marseilles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Upper Sandusky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Nevada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Wharton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Duenquat
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Carey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carpenters Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Carpenters Corners.
Cemeteries Near Carpenters Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carpenters Corners.
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 Carpenters Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carpenters Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Neff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kannel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Page Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frame Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fitzhugh Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bretz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Sandusky Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (494 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Heights Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Carpenters Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carpenters Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carpenters Corners, with the one closest to Carpenters Corners listed first.
- Morral
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Harpster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Sandusky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandusky
- Espyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Espyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espyville
- Ruth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Longville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- DeCliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Marseilles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Green Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Logan ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- La Rue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Upper Sandusky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carpenters Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carpenters Corners.
Newspapers Published in Carpenters Corners ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carpenters Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carpenters Corners, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carpenters Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Carpenters Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Union 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 Carpenters Corners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carpenters Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |