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 Frenchtown (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 Frenchtown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Frenchtown is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Frenchtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frenchtown:
- Seneca County (The home county of Frenchtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Berwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adrian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- McCutchenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bascom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fostoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Cromers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- Bluffton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- North Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- West Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Mount Blanchard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Findlay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- McComb
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Pfeiffer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Morral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- New Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Ruth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Ottawa County
- Elmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Townwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Gilboa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Burgoon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Gibsonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Lindsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Erlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Shorewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Bloomdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bairdstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- West Millgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Wayne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bradner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- North Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Cygnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Carey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Wharton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nevada
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harpster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marseilles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wyandot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frenchtown, see our County-by-County Page for Frenchtown.
Cemeteries Near Frenchtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frenchtown.
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 Frenchtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frenchtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- French Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Big Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reisz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knowlton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Cemetery is located outside and to the west of McCutchenville.
- The St. John Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158729 <2>
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Old Lutheran Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carey Association Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Frenchtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frenchtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frenchtown, with the one closest to Frenchtown listed first.
- Adrian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Carey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCutchenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tymochtee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tymochtee is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tymochtee
- West Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Crawford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Bascom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lovell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Fostoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frenchtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frenchtown.
Newspapers Published in Frenchtown ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frenchtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frenchtown, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frenchtown.
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 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 Frenchtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Marion County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Wood 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 Frenchtown, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frenchtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |