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 Foraker (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 Foraker. 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.
Foraker is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Foraker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foraker:
- Hardin County (The home county of Foraker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- McGuffey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jumbo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Alger
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Pfeiffer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Patterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Harrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Beaverdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lima
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Fort Shawnee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Elida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Scotts Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Waynesfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Uniopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Cridersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Williamstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mount Blanchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rawson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Vanlue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Belle Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Rushsylvania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Bellefontaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Valley Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- La Rue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Morral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Green Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Ruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Pandora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Columbus Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Jones City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Ottawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Glandorf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Montra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Botkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Marseilles
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Harpster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foraker, see our County-by-County Page for Foraker.
Cemeteries Near Foraker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foraker.
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 Foraker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foraker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Fulton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Huntersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shadley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potters Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cessna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Norman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McArthur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dola Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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, Foraker had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- McGuffey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Jumbo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Alger
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Kenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Newton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Roundhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yelverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yelverton is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelverton
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Belle Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Williamstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foraker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foraker.
Newspapers Published in Foraker ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foraker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foraker, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foraker.
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 helpful 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 Foraker:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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 Foraker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foraker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |