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 Carthagena (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 Carthagena. 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 doctors 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.
Carthagena is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Adams (IN), Jay (IN), Auglaize, Darke, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Carthagena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carthagena:
- Mercer County (The home county of Carthagena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Chickasaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Montezuma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Celina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wendelin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Macedon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Fort Recovery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Wabash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Tama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Scudder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Spencerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Southworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Landeck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Fort Shawnee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Delphos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- New Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Minster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wapakoneta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Cridersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Uniopolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- North Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Osgood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Rossburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Lightsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Ansonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Dawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Versailles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stelvideo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Bloomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Fort Laramie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Kettlersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Russia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Botkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Sidney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Elgin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Abanaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Ohio City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Schumm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Venedocia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Willshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Wren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middle Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Van Wert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Coppess Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Salamonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Jay City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Boundary City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Portland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Antiville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bluff Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Bryant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Collett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Blaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Greene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Pony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pony is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Wells County (IN)
- Phenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carthagena, see our County-by-County Page for Carthagena.
Cemeteries Near Carthagena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carthagena.
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 Carthagena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carthagena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- St. Aloysious Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cassella Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Sebastian Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Precious Blood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Henry Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burntwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maria Stein Convent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elizabeth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elizabeth Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Coldwater.
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 Carthagena had a population of 122 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carthagena, with the one closest to Carthagena listed first.
- Cassella
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cassella is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassella
- Sebastian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sebastian is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Cranberry Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
- Saint Rosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rosa is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Chickasaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Montezuma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Saint Henry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maria Stein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steinman ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Steinman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Philothea
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Philothea is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philothea
- Wendelin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delvin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delvin is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delvin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carthagena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carthagena.
Newspapers Published in Carthagena ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carthagena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carthagena, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carthagena.
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 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 Carthagena:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wells 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 Carthagena, 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' (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- Carthagena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |