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 Douglas (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 Douglas. 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.
Douglas is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Douglas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Douglas:
- Putnam County (The home county of Douglas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Muntanna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Fort Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ottoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kalida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jones City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Continental
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Kieferville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Columbus Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Elida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Southworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Conant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lima
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Cridersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buckland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Fryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- New Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Ayersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Jewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Mount Cory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Benton Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jenera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Ada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Holgate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hamler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Florida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Deshler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Okolona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Malinta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Mendon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Rockford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Celina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Mandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Grover Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Oakwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Melrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Fort Brown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Charloe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Broughton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Haviland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Middle Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Venedocia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van Wert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Ohio City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Convoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Adams County (IN)
- Pleasant Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Monroeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Douglas, see our County-by-County Page for Douglas.
Cemeteries Near Douglas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Douglas.
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 Douglas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Douglas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43193 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hammons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raabe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keirns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Cascade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cascade Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Cloverdale.
- The Cascade Cemetery has also been known as:
- Myers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308500 <2>
- Dotson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartshorn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Douglas had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Ottoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Muntanna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Rushmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Rimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Kalida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wetsel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wetsel is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetsel
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Scotts Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughnsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughnsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Douglas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Douglas.
Newspapers Published in Douglas ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Douglas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Douglas, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Douglas.
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 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 Douglas:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Allen 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Douglas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Douglas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |