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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Elizabethtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Elizabethtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elizabethtown, please Contact Us.
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 Elizabethtown (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 Elizabethtown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Elizabethtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Elizabethtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elizabethtown:
- Seneca County (The home county of Elizabethtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Bloomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Melmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Tiffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caroline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- West Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Carrothers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Cromers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Chatfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- New Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- North Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Bucyrus
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tiro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Castalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bay View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- West Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arcadia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Blanchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Findlay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Celeryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coble Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Hunts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- New Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Monroeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Delphi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Norwalk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Iberia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Oak Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Forest ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Bethlehem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shelby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shiloh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ganges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Maybee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Burgoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Clyde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Green Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Bellevue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Erlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Stony Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Vickery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Risingsun
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- West Millgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bradner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eagleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bairdstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Six Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Jerry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Mexico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Marseilles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elizabethtown, see our County-by-County Page for Elizabethtown.
Cemeteries Near Elizabethtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elizabethtown.
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 Elizabethtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elizabethtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bloom Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scipio Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farewell Retreat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Randall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kagy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Elizabethtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elizabethtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elizabethtown, with the one closest to Elizabethtown listed first.
- Rockaway
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockaway is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Bloomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Swander
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swander is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swander
- Melmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Stephens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Stephens is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Scipio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Tiffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plankton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
- Lykens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Mexico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Carrothers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elizabethtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elizabethtown.
Newspapers Published in Elizabethtown ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elizabethtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elizabethtown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elizabethtown.
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 Elizabethtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Elizabethtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elizabethtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |