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 Hamer (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 Hamer. 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 doctors and 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.
Hamer is located in Williams 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 Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Hamer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamer:
- Williams County (The home county of Hamer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Alvordton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Stryker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Jim Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bryan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ainger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Melbern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Ney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Brunersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Sherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ayersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Hicksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Powers ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Archbold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Pettisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Oakshade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Denson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Denson is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Napoleon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Florida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Liberty Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Malinta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Grelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Holgate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Sharples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Berkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Emmett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Cecil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- DeKalb County (IN)
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Clear Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Ray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Angola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Ray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fisher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Canada Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Waldron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Prattville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Lickly Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Ransom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Frontier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Shadyside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Pittsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Osseo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Munson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Morenci
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Seneca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Rollin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Sand Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Addison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamer, see our County-by-County Page for Hamer.
Cemeteries Near Hamer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamer.
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 Hamer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Ely Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Floral Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Unity.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40880 <2>
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Primrose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kunkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (420 more) ...
- Lockport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gull Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hamer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hamer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamer, with the one closest to Hamer listed first.
- Alvordton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Primrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Primrose is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Zone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zone is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Munson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stryker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Betzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Betzer is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betzer
- Archbold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamer.
Newspapers Published in Hamer ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamer, 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 Hamer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Hamer:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee 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 Hamer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |