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 Galetown (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 Galetown. 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 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.
Galetown is located in Sandusky 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 Sandusky County: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Seneca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Galetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Galetown:
- Sandusky County (The home county of Galetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Erlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vickery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Ballville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Stony Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Gabels Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Kingsway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Burgoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- North Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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
- Lemert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Tiro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Castalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Avery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bogart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Sandusky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Fairview Lanes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berlinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Berlin Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- West Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Norwalk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Peru
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- North Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Delphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Collins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Gypsum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Port Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Oak Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Elmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Marblehead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Locust Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Green Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- West Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Watson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Scipio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Omar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Cromers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Bettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Attica Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Risingsun
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Bradner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pemberville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Luckey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Lemoyne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Bloomdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Millbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Mexico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Galetown, see our County-by-County Page for Galetown.
Cemeteries Near Galetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galetown.
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 Galetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Galetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Colwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Raymond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bakertown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McPherson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Beeler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Lutheran 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.<2>
While we didn't find Galetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Galetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Galetown, with the one closest to Galetown listed first.
- Green Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Colby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fireside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Erlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Watson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- West Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Old Fort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Fort is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Frank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Vickery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Galetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Galetown.
Newspapers Published in Galetown ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Galetown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Galetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Galetown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Sandusky County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Galetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Galetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |