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 Gallup (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 Gallup. 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 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.
Gallup is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Lucas, Putnam, Williams & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Gallup. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gallup:
- Henry County (The home county of Gallup)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Hamler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deshler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holgate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- New Bavaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Malinta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Florida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- McClure
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Okolona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Liberty Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Bluffton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Gomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delphos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Ayersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Ney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Wauseon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Archbold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Ai
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Hancock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Van Buren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Cory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Findlay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Jenera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hardin County
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Mandale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Fort Brown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Charloe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Grover Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Hedges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Emmett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- West Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Belmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Townwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Miller City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kieferville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Gilboa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Continental
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dupont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Van Wert County
- Hoaglin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Williams County
- Stryker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Custar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Milton Center
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Grand Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cygnet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Tontogany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bowling Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gallup, see our County-by-County Page for Gallup.
Cemeteries Near Gallup ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gallup.
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 Gallup - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gallup covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Marion Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peace Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Belmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emanuels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Gallup in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gallup.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gallup, with the one closest to Gallup listed first.
- Hamler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Leipsic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Belmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Elm Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Center is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Center
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Deshler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holgate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- New Bavaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Miller City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Westhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Pleasant Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Shawtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gallup. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gallup.
Newspapers Published in Gallup ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gallup.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gallup, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gallup.
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 Gallup:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Wood 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 Gallup, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Gallup) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |