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 Eldean (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 Eldean. 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 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 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.
Eldean is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Eldean. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eldean:
- Miami County (The home county of Eldean)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Casstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kessler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Ludlow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Alcony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- West Milton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Minster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Santa Fe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Christiansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Dodo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Eagle City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Enon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Gettysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Pitsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Gordon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Arcanum
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Frenchtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Abbottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Dawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Fairborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Pinewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Chickasaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Huber Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Northview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Sulphur Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Hooks Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Northridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Verona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Lockington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Russia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Laramie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Anna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eldean, see our County-by-County Page for Eldean.
Cemeteries Near Eldean ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eldean.
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 Eldean - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eldean covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saunders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knoop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Casstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Youtsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garby Cemetery #2
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (558 more) ...
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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, Eldean had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eldean, with the one closest to Eldean listed first.
- Farrington
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Troy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Casstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Ellemans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellemans is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellemans
- Kessler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Grayson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lockington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- West Milton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eldean. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eldean.
Newspapers Published in Eldean ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eldean.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eldean, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eldean.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Eldean:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby 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 Eldean, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eldean) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |