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 Claridon (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 Claridon. 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 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.
Claridon 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 Claridon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Claridon:
- Marion County (The home county of Claridon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Caledonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Martel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Morral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Prospect
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- New Bloomington
(16 miles [25.7 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
(20 miles [32.2 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 Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Bucyrus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Galion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Oceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Chatfield
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 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 Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Norton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Ashley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Leonardsburg
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Paget ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Kerr Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 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 Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Batemantown
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Dorema
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Fredericktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Green Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Five Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Hartford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Green ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Lock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shawtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Westfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- West Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vails Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Maybee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Ontario
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Bellville
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Hanley Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Carrothers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Melmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Richwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- New Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Wyandot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(22 miles [35.4 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
- 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
- Duenquat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Kirby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 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 Claridon, see our County-by-County Page for Claridon.
Cemeteries Near Claridon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Claridon.
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 Claridon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Claridon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Claridon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hinds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Williamson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plotner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Underwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ziller Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith - Witzel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (514 more) ...
- Caledonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Claridon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Claridon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Claridon, with the one closest to Claridon listed first.
- Caledonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Climax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cardington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Martel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Kirkpatrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Owens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Westfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Saint James
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Claridon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Claridon.
Newspapers Published in Claridon ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Claridon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Claridon, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Claridon.
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 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 Claridon:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Licking 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 Claridon, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Claridon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |