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 Fourmans Corners (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 Fourmans Corners. 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 Fourmans Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Fourmans Corners: Fourmans Cors.
- While the name of this community is Fourmans Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fourmans Corners may originally have been Fourman's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fourmans Corners might be written as Fourman Corners.
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 doctors and 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.
Fourmans Corners is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Fourmans Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourmans Corners:
- Darke County (The home county of Fourmans Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Pitsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arcanum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gettysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Savona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Wayne Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Minster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- Poast Town Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Christiansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- New Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dodo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Dialton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- North Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Greene County
- Fairborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Burkettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Chickasaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Laura
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Bloomer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Englewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Kreitzer Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Trotwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Lewisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Russia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Pasco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Jay County (IN)
- Boundary City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Spartanburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Haysville Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <2>
- Rural
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Saratoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Union County (IN)
- Goodwins Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Whitewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Webster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Abington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Economy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fourmans Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Fourmans Corners.
Cemeteries Near Fourmans Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourmans Corners.
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 Fourmans Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fourmans Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Newcomers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mote Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <3>
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Potsdam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Zion Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Fourmans Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fourmans Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fourmans Corners, with the one closest to Fourmans Corners listed first.
- Arcanum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Painter Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Delisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Jaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Ithaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Red River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Potsdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gettysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Savona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fourmans Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fourmans Corners.
Newspapers Published in Fourmans Corners ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourmans Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourmans Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fourmans Corners.
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 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 Fourmans Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Greene County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fourmans Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fourmans Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |