Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ellemans. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ellemans to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ellemans, 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 Ellemans (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 Ellemans. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ellemans is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Ellemans. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellemans:
- Miami County (The home county of Ellemans)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Ludlow Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kessler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Laura
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Tipp City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Minster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- Poast Town Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Christiansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- New Carlisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Dodo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Crystal Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dialton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- North Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Holiday Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Enon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Limestone City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Pitsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Gettysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Poplar Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Arcanum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ithaca
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Stelvideo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Castine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Fort Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Fairborn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Springs
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Bellbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Quincy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Burkettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Northview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Vandalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Brookville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Airhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Verona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Gratis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lakengren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Lockington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Russia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Sidney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Arba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Haysville Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Whitewater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellemans, see our County-by-County Page for Ellemans.
Cemeteries Near Ellemans ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellemans.
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 Ellemans - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellemans covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Old Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Milton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Potsdam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Honeyman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (539 more) ...
- Curtis Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mote Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <3>
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.
Ellemans itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellemans, with the one closest to Ellemans listed first.
- Ludlow Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Laura
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kessler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- County Line ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- County Line is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eldean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Red River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Painter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellemans. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellemans.
Newspapers Published in Ellemans ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellemans.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellemans, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellemans.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ellemans:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Ellemans, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ellemans) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |