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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Damascus. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Damascus to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Damascus, please Contact Us.
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 Damascus (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 Damascus. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Damascus is historic, it would have been located within present day Henry 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 Henry County: Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Lucas, Putnam, Williams & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Damascus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Damascus:
- Henry County (The home county of Damascus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Liberty Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- McClure
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malinta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Florida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Hamler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holgate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Deshler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Jewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Ney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sherwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Wauseon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Ai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Advance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Siney ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Archbold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Assumption
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Maumee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Ottawa Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Sylvania
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Charloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Emmett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Belmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Townwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- West Leipsic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Miller City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kieferville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Continental
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gilboa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ottawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Stryker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Unity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Alvordton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kunkle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Holiday City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Custar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Tontogany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Haskins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- The Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Bowling Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hoytville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Portage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Hammansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Dowling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Cygnet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Morenci
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Weston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Munson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- North Morenci
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Seneca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Sand Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Canandaigua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Blissfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Monroe County (MI)
- Lambertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Damascus, see our County-by-County Page for Damascus.
Cemeteries Near Damascus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Damascus.
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 Damascus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Damascus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Damascus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creager Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Young Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hockman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mohler - Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heath - Colton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Damascus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Damascus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Damascus, with the one closest to Damascus listed first.
- Liberty Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- McClure
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Westhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Neapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Okolona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Wauseon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Damascus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Damascus.
Newspapers Published in Damascus ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Damascus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Damascus, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Damascus.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Damascus:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Damascus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Damascus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |