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 Depew (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 Depew. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Depew is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Depew. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Depew:
- Shelby County (The home county of Depew)
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Pasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lockington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Dawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Anna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Jackson Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Fort Laramie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allen County
- Fort Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Minster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Fryburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- New Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Saint Johns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Uniopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Buckland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Carysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Christiansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Powhattan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- North Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Dialton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- New Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Eagle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Crystal Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Northridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Greenlawn Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Versailles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gettysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Osgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Stelvideo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Dawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pitsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pikeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Abbottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Greene County
- Fairborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- Roundhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Russells Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Marl City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Chickasaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Burkettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Conover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Polo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- West Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Hooks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Northridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Preble County
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Depew, see our County-by-County Page for Depew.
Cemeteries Near Depew ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Depew.
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 Depew - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Depew covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Orange Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graceland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Sidney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41108 <2>
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Staley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garby Cemetery #1
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fletcher Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (542 more) ...
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 in 1895, Depew had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Depew, with the one closest to Depew listed first.
- Plattsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Ballou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Kirkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Tawawa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tawawa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawawa
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Pemberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Port Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Conover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Carysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piqua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Depew. See our List of 1890's Communities around Depew.
Newspapers Published in Depew ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Depew.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Depew, 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 Depew.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Depew:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble 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 Depew, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Depew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |