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 De Graff (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 De Graff. 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.
De Graff is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near De Graff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to De Graff:
- Logan County (The home county of De Graff)
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Logansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- New Richland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Harrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Santa Fe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Fryburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Uniopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Wapakoneta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Minster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cridersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Carysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Westville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Lewisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mutual
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Dialton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- North Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dodo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Eagle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Northridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- New Moorefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Greenlawn Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Villa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Osgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Versailles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Roundhead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Ridgeway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Mount Victory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McGuffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Kenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Pfeiffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Madison County
- Chuckery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Conover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Piqua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tipp City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Pasco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jackson Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Sidney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Anna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Botkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kettlersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Raymond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Marysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to De Graff, see our County-by-County Page for De Graff.
Cemeteries Near De Graff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Graff.
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 De Graff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for De Graff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huber Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Means Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Logansville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Olive Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stony Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Quincy.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quincy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42823 <2>
- Cost Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hearst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moores Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilkson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Craig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that De Graff had a population of 1,076 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, De Graff had a population of 1,262 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from De Graff, with the one closest to De Graff listed first.
- Quincy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gretna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gretna is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Pemberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Bloom Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
- Tawawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tawawa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawawa
- Carysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Crayon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crayon is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayon
- Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lewistown is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plattsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Ballou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Millerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around De Graff. See our List of 1890's Communities around De Graff.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of De Graff ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Graff.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of De Graff. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of De Graff and those printed in the larger area surrounding De Graff.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of De Graff.
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 De Graff:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Hardin County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 De Graff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- De Graff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |