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 Dekalb (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 Dekalb. 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 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.
Dekalb is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Dekalb. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dekalb:
- Crawford County (The home county of Dekalb)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Tiro
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Chatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Galion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bucyrus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Lemert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Bailey Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Mifflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Polk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Perrysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeromesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McKay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Milan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Celeryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Delphi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Greenwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Fitchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hunts Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Batemantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fredericktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Martel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ganges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Maybee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Alta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Carrothers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Omar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Bloomville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Melmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Republic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- McCutchenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Duenquat
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Sycamore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Upper Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Harpster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dekalb, see our County-by-County Page for Dekalb.
Cemeteries Near Dekalb ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dekalb.
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 Dekalb - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dekalb covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Dickson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandusky Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Myers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Biddle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dapper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (523 more) ...
- Luke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby - Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Dekalb in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dekalb.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dekalb, with the one closest to Dekalb listed first.
- Tiro
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
- Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- North Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Vernon Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- New Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brandywine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brandywine is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Toledo Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dekalb. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dekalb.
Newspapers Published in Dekalb ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dekalb.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dekalb, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dekalb.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dekalb:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot 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 Dekalb, 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- Dekalb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |