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 Frys 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 Frys 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 Frys 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 Frys Corners: Frys Cors.
- While the name of this community is Frys Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Frys Corners may originally have been Fry's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Frys Corners might be written as Fry 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 northeast 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 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.
Frys 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 Frys Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frys Corners:
- Darke County (The home county of Frys Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Fort Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Abbottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Wayne Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Savona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- New Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coletown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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 Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Minster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Burkettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Macedon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Laura
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- West Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Polo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Kessler
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Englewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Northview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- New Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- West Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Verona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Ingomar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Russia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Sidney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Boundary City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Spartanburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Haysville Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Saratoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Whitewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Economy
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Abington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frys Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Frys Corners.
Cemeteries Near Frys Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frys 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 Frys Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frys Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- County Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Foutz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Greenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- East Zion Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Frys Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frys Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frys Corners, with the one closest to Frys Corners listed first.
- Fort Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Jaysville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Delisle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Savona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Heron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
- Glen Karn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Karn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Karn
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Painter Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Gettysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frys Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frys Corners.
Newspapers Published in Frys 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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frys Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frys Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frys Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Frys Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize 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> | 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 Frys Corners, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frys Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |