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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 Geyer (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 Geyer. 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 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.
Geyer is located in Auglaize 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 Auglaize County: Allen, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Geyer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Geyer:
- Auglaize County (The home county of Geyer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Santa Fe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Waynesfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Wapakoneta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Cridersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Buckland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- New Knoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- New Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Fort Shawnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Harrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lima
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Conant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Elida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Spencerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Southworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Gomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Carysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Osgood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Frenchtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Hancock County
- New Stark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Roundhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jumbo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Alger
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Ridgeway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Pfeiffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Russells Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- De Graff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Bellefontaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Marl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Chickasaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Mendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Saint Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tama
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Conover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Polo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bloomer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Jones City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Columbus Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pandora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Fort Jennings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Jackson Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montra
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Botkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Pasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Fort Laramie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Geyer, see our County-by-County Page for Geyer.
Cemeteries Near Geyer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geyer.
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 Geyer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Geyer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Helminger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Geyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Jacobs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elliott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lockhart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seventh Day Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reinhart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Howell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Geyer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Geyer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Geyer, with the one closest to Geyer listed first.
- Gutman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gutman is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gutman
- Saint Johns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Jackson Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Montra
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Uniopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- New Hampshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Botkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wapakoneta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Cridersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Geyer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geyer.
Newspapers Published in Geyer ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geyer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Geyer, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Geyer.
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 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 Geyer:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Auglaize County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Champaign County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert 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 Geyer, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Geyer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |