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 Cosmos (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 Cosmos. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Cosmos is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Cosmos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cosmos:
- Darke County (The home county of Cosmos)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Lightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Rossburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Coletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coletown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Brock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Dawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Frenchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Minster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Burkettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Recovery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Coldwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Chickasaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Scudder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Celina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Bloomer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- 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
- Laura
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Piqua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Russia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Laramie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linn Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Blackford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Ridertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Millgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Delaware County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Desoto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Granville is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Liberty Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eaton is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,726 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <1>
- Henry County (IN)
- Blountsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Boundary City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Portland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Trinity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Antiville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Greene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Bryant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Haysville Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Saratoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Ridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Spartanburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Rural
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Lynn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Arba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Fountain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Williamsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Economy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Spring Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Greens Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cosmos, see our County-by-County Page for Cosmos.
Cemeteries Near Cosmos ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cosmos.
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 Cosmos - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cosmos covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McFarland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zerby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- New Teagarden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Conklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Cosmos had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cosmos, with the one closest to Cosmos listed first.
- Lightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Elroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Hill Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hill Grove is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- New Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Woodington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodington is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodington
- Ansonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- New Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Salamonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Mount Heron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cosmos. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cosmos.
Newspapers Published in Cosmos ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cosmos.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cosmos, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cosmos.
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 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 Cosmos:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Cosmos, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cosmos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |