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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Franconia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Franconia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Franconia, 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 Franconia (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 Franconia. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Franconia is historic, it would have been located within present day Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Franconia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Franconia:
- Putnam County (The home county of Franconia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Dupont
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Hartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Continental
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Muntanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Kieferville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Kalida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jennings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glandorf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Delphos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gomer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Landeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Elida
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Southworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Beaverdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Buckland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Cridersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Ayersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Jewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Sherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Mount Cory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Benton Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- McComb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Holgate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Florida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Elery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Okolona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Deshler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Malinta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Ridgeville Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Mendon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Rockford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Mandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Fort Brown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Charloe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Grover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Hedges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Dague ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Hoaglin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van Wert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Converse Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Convoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Ohio City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Hoytville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Edgerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Monroeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Franconia, see our County-by-County Page for Franconia.
Cemeteries Near Franconia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franconia.
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 Franconia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Franconia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Franconia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cascade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cascade Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Cloverdale.
- The Cascade Cemetery has also been known as:
- Myers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308500 <4>
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dickey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Comer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fought Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Varner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Hertel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Auglaize Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auglaize Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Auglaize Chapel Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Melrose and Mandale. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Mandale.
- Mellinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Franconia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Franconia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Franconia, with the one closest to Franconia listed first.
- Dupont
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Hartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Muntanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Continental
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hector is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Kalida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Wisterman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wisterman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisterman
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Ottoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Franconia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franconia.
Newspapers Published in Franconia ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franconia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franconia, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franconia.
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 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 Franconia:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Wood County
- Allen 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 Franconia, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Franconia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Melrose and Mandale. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |