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 Elm Center (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 Elm Center. 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 Elm Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Elm Center: Elm Ctr. (or less commonly used: Elm Cen., Elm Cent. or Elm Cntr.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Elm Center is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Elm Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elm Center:
- Putnam County (The home county of Elm Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Miller City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glandorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kieferville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Ottawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Kalida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continental
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Townwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Gilboa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Dupont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Gomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Beaverdam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Delphos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Landeck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Southworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Ayersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Williamstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Pettisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Wauseon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- McComb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Cory
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Findlay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jenera
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- New Stark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Ada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hamler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holgate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deshler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Malinta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Florida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Grelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Okolona
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- McClure
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Napoleon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Oakwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Mandale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Fort Brown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Charloe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Grover Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Hedges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Broughton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Hoaglin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Venedocia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Converse Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Van Wert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Hoytville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- North Baltimore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bairdstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Cygnet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Portage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bloomdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eagleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elm Center, see our County-by-County Page for Elm Center.
Cemeteries Near Elm Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elm Center.
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 Elm Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elm Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Ottawa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40459 <3>
- Holy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Varner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myers Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the west of Ottawa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42348 <3>
- McConnel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kieferville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Isadores Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pomeroy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Elm Center had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elm Center, with the one closest to Elm Center listed first.
- Miller City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Glandorf
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leipsic Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Kieferville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Avis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
- Ottawa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- North Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Creek is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Wisterman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wisterman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisterman
- Hector
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hector is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- New Bavaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Belmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Kalida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elm Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elm Center.
Newspapers Published in Elm Center ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elm Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elm Center, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elm Center.
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 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 Elm Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Wood 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elm Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Elm Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |