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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Farnham. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Farnham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Farnham, 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 Farnham (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 Farnham. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Farnham is historic, it would have been located within present day Wood 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 Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Farnham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farnham:
- Wood County (The home county of Farnham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Custar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(5 miles [8 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
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Weston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- North Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cygnet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grand Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Portage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bairdstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Tontogany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Bluffton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Ayersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Swanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Wauseon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Pettisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Lytton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Archbold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Assumption
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Advance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Van Buren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Rawson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Jenera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Deshler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hamler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Holgate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Colton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Napoleon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Florida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Charloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Belmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Gilboa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Miller City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Pandora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Continental
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Gibsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Fostoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farnham, see our County-by-County Page for Farnham.
Cemeteries Near Farnham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farnham.
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 Farnham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farnham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peace Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Angell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Belmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Fayler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wingston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pottertown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Farnham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farnham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farnham, with the one closest to Farnham listed first.
- Deshler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Custar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Milton Center
(5 miles [8 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
- Westhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Belmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Haney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Haney is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney
- Deweyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deweyville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Hamler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Townwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Shawtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wingston is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingston
- McComb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Digby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farnham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farnham.
Newspapers Published in Farnham ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farnham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farnham, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farnham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Farnham:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Farnham, 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Farnham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |