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 Dunkirk (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 Dunkirk. 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 and doctors 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.
Dunkirk is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Dunkirk. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunkirk:
- Hardin County (The home county of Dunkirk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Dola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McVitty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Jumbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Mount Victory
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Bluffton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beaverdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Gomer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Waynesfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Uniopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Santa Fe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Cridersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Williamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- New Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jenera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Benton Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Belle Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Rushsylvania
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Bellefontaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- La Rue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Pandora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Gilboa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Columbus Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Townwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Ottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glandorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- West Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Jones City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Belmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Rimer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Adrian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Berwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- McCutchenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Riegel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bascom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Summersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Bairdstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Bloomdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eagleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Hoytville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Hammansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Wharton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Kirby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marseilles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Carey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Harpster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunkirk, see our County-by-County Page for Dunkirk.
Cemeteries Near Dunkirk ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunkirk.
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 Dunkirk - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunkirk covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Dunkirk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williamstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cessna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hueston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earlywine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (446 more) ...
- Huntersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dunkirk had a population of 1,220 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dunkirk had a population of 842 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunkirk, with the one closest to Dunkirk listed first.
- Williamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- McVitty
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- New Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
- Jenera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Blanchard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Foraker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wharton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunkirk. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunkirk.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dunkirk ...
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 Dunkirk.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dunkirk. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dunkirk and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dunkirk.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Dunkirk.
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 Dunkirk:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Seneca County
- Union County
- Wood 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 Dunkirk, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dunkirk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |