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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 Fort Laramie (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 Fort Laramie. 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 Fort Laramie ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Laramie: Ft. Laramie
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Laramie. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Laramie.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Fort Laramie is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Laramie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Laramie:
- Shelby County (The home county of Fort Laramie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Filburns Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Kettlersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Botkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Spencerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Conant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Fort Shawnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Southworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Lima
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Minster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Fryburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Johns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Uniopolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Cridersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Carysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Christiansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Osgood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Dawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- New Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rossburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ansonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Stelvideo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Gettysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Quincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Chickasaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Burkettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coldwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Earley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Fort Recovery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Macedon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tama
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Bloomer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Piqua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Conover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Ludlow Falls
(23 miles [37 km] 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
- Casstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- Phillipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Salamonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Trinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Boundary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- New Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Laramie, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Laramie.
Cemeteries Near Fort Laramie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Laramie.
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 Fort Laramie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Laramie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Furrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Michaels New Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Galley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walkup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cynthian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Oran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willowdell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Oran Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Fort Laramie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Laramie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Laramie, with the one closest to Fort Laramie listed first.
- Minster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oran
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Willowdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdell is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdell
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- McCartyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCartyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartyville
- New Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steinman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Steinman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Osgood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Strakers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Strakers is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strakers
- Russia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Maria Stein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kettlersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Laramie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Laramie.
Newspapers Published in Fort Laramie ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Laramie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Laramie, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Laramie.
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 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 Fort Laramie:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Darke County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Van Wert County
- Jay County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Fort Laramie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Laramie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |