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 East Crestline (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 East Crestline. 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.
Name Variations for East Crestline ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Crestline: E. Crestline
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
East Crestline is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near East Crestline. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Crestline:
- Richland County (The home county of East Crestline)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Maybee
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Ganges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Hanley Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Perrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- McKay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Jeromesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Loudonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nova
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Crestline
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Galion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Tiro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bucyrus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chatfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Ashley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Celeryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Delphi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greenwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Fitchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- New London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Olena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Batemantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fredericktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Dorema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Nunda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Green Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Jelloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Martel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Marengo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Carrothers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Bloomville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Omar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Scipio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Melmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Republic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Nevada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Duenquat
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Harpster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Crestline, see our County-by-County Page for East Crestline.
Cemeteries Near East Crestline ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Crestline.
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 East Crestline - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Crestline covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Riblet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- German Reform Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Squirrel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (532 more) ...
- New Castle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dapper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County Memory Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find East Crestline in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Crestline.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Crestline, with the one closest to East Crestline listed first.
- Crestline
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Leesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Vernon Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Galion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Toledo Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Spring Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
- Steam Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Tiro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Saint James
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Crestline. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Crestline.
Newspapers Published in East Crestline ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Crestline.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Crestline, 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 East Crestline.
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 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 East Crestline:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Morrow 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> | 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 East Crestline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Crestline) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |