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 Crawford (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 Crawford. 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 and 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.
Crawford is located in Wyandot 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 Wyandot County: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Crawford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crawford:
- Wyandot County (The home county of Crawford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Carey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Upper Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wharton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Duenquat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Harpster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nevada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marseilles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wyandot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Allen County
- Bluffton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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
- Bucyrus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- North Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Tiro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Vanlue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- West Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Mount Blanchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Findlay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Jenera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Dunkirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Ada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Victory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Morral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- La Rue
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Ruth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Logan ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Caledonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Burgoon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Adrian
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Alvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- New Riegel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Melmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Bascom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fostoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tiffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Bloomville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Seneca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Bloomdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Eagleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- West Millgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- North Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cygnet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Six Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bradner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crawford, see our County-by-County Page for Crawford.
Cemeteries Near Crawford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crawford.
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 Crawford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crawford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Whaley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ritchey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hetzel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carey Association Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Upper Sandusky.
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969423 <3>
- North Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Salem Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Upper Sandusky.
- Infirmary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kear Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- England Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Wentz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baughman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Crawford had a population of 72 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
- Lovell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Carey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tymochtee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tymochtee is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tymochtee
- Adrian
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Belle Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Berwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Pratts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Alvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Douglass ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Douglass is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crawford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crawford.
Newspapers Published in Crawford ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crawford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crawford, 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 Crawford.
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 Crawford:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wyandot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Marion County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood 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' (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- Crawford) 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 Crawford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |