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 Crystal Lakes (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 Crystal Lakes. 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 Crystal Lakes ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Crystal Lakes: Crystal Lks.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Crystal Lakes. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crystal Lakes.
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 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.
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Crystal Lakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crystal Lakes:
- Clark County (The home county of Crystal Lakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Park Layne
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- New Carlisle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Green Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Donnelsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dodo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Limestone City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- North Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dialton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Eagle City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Poast Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Christiansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Powhattan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Kingscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mechanicsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- New Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Port William
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pitsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arcanum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gettysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Poplar Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Abbottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Fairborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Quincy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- South Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Alcony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Ginghamsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- West Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Conover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Ludlow Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Deerpark Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Fort McKinley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Euphemia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ingomar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- West Alexandria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Pasco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Port Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Five Points
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Springboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Williams County
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crystal Lakes, see our County-by-County Page for Crystal Lakes.
Cemeteries Near Crystal Lakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crystal Lakes.
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 Crystal Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crystal Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Medway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Huber Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Palmer Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Family Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- New Carlisle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mitman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County Home Infirmary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Haven Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Funderburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (521 more) ...
- Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Donnelsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Crystal Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crystal Lakes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crystal Lakes, with the one closest to Crystal Lakes listed first.
- Medway
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forgy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forgy is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgy
- New Carlisle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brandt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brandt is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Sulphur Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Donnelsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mad River
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Dodo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- West Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Charleston is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Durbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Alcony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crystal Lakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crystal Lakes.
Newspapers Published in Crystal Lakes ...
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 196 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crystal Lakes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crystal Lakes, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crystal Lakes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Crystal Lakes:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Darke County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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> | 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. |
| <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 Crystal Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Crystal Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |