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 Fort Shawnee (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 Shawnee. 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 Shawnee ...
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 Shawnee: Ft. Shawnee
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Fort Shawnee is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Shawnee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Shawnee:
- Allen County (The home county of Fort Shawnee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Elida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Conant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrod
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gomer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Spencerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Southworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Cridersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Buckland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Johns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Wapakoneta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waynesfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Fryburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Moulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Santa Fe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- New Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darke County
- Osgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Mount Cory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- New Stark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Jenera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Benton Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Alger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roundhead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGuffey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jumbo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Logansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- De Graff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefontaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Mendon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mercer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Celina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Chickasaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Tama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Rockford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Mandale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Grover Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Jones City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Columbus Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Jennings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Ottoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kalida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glandorf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Gilboa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Botkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Kettlersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Port Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Laramie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Converse Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Venedocia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Elgin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Middle Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abanaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Shawnee, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Shawnee.
Cemeteries Near Fort Shawnee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Shawnee.
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 Shawnee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Shawnee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- St. Mathews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shawnee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lima.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43388 <2>
- Fletcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Luther Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gethsemani Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemani Cemetery
- The Gethsemani Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gersemane Cemetery
- Gethsemane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41045 <2>
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stevely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craft Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barton - Stevenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Tussing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lima Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Fort Shawnee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Shawnee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Shawnee, with the one closest to Fort Shawnee listed first.
- Cridersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hume
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hume is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Yoder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yoder is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- South Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Warsaw is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warsaw
- Kemp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Allentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Buckland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wapakoneta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Elida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Westminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Conant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 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 Shawnee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Shawnee.
Newspapers Published in Fort Shawnee ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Shawnee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Shawnee, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Shawnee.
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 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 Shawnee:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert 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 Fort Shawnee, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Shawnee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |