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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Goodwin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Goodwin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goodwin, please Contact Us.
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 Goodwin (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 Goodwin. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Goodwin is historic, it would have been located within present day Paulding 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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Goodwin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodwin:
- Paulding County (The home county of Goodwin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Melrose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Charloe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Hedges
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Murat ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Broughton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Grover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Dague ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Delphos
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Landeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Elida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Conant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Ayersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hicksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton County
- Archbold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Holgate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Elery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Hamler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Malinta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Grelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Deshler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Hartsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continental
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Muntanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Fort Jennings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Glandorf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Van Wert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Convoy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Venedocia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Ohio City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Converse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Glenmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Converse Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Bryan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Stryker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Woodburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zulu
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Harlan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grabill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Hoagland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Saint Joe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodwin, see our County-by-County Page for Goodwin.
Cemeteries Near Goodwin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodwin.
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 Goodwin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodwin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Bowholtz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kingery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blakeslee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sherman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Oakwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43405 <4>
- Hedges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Auglaize Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auglaize Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Auglaize Chapel Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Melrose and Mandale. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Mandale.
- Hertel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- Hoover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hoover Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Oakwood.
- The Hoover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319340 <4>
- Dotterer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mellinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.
Goodwin itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodwin, with the one closest to Goodwin listed first.
- Melrose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Charloe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Hedges
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Grover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Dague ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Hartsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Paulding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Dupont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Arthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Reids ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodwin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodwin.
Newspapers Published in Goodwin ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodwin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodwin, 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 Goodwin.
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 either 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 Goodwin:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Goodwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Goodwin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Melrose and Mandale. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |