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 Gast Corner (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 Gast Corner. 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 Gast Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gast Corner: Gast Cor. (or less commonly used: Gast Crn.)
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Gast Corner is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Gast Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gast Corner:
- Marion County (The home county of Gast Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Newmans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Green Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Ruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- La Rue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Martel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Bucyrus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Galion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Radnor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Meredith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lamb Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Amlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Flint ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Worthington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverlea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Westerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hilliard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Blendon Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Central College ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Huber Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Mount Victory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Licking County
- Green ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- West Mansfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Middleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rushsylvania
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Valley Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belle Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- New Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Plain City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chuckery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Westfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shawtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Edison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Richwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Magnetic Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- New Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Harpster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marseilles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wyandot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gast Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Gast Corner.
Cemeteries Near Gast Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gast Corner.
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 Gast Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gast Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Mooney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brown Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mounts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Markel - Kirts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Claibourne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claibourne Cemetery
- The Claibourne Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Claiborne Cemetery
- Richwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40298 <2>
- Thompson Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Twp. Cemetery
- The Thompson Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shoup Cemetery
- Shoup - Thompson Cemetery
- Thompson - Shoup Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #781486 <2>
- Walls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Radnor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- Wolfinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schweinfurth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper Vestal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Gast Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gast Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gast Corner, with the one closest to Gast Corner listed first.
- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Richwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Radnor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Owens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Green Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Claiborne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claiborne is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Magnetic Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Longville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Arbela
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arbela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbela
- Warrensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gast Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gast Corner.
Newspapers Published in Gast Corner ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gast Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gast Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gast Corner.
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 helpful 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 Gast Corner:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Morrow County
- Union 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 Gast Corner, 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- Gast Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |