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 Hanley Village (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 Hanley Village. 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 Hanley Village ...
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 Hanley Village: Hanley Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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 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.
Hanley Village is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Hanley Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hanley Village:
- Richland County (The home county of Hanley Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Alta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Lucas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ontario
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Mifflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Perrysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Loudonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Jeromesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Savannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Coshocton County
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Crestline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Galion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Tiro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bucyrus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chatfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Oceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Ashley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Delphi
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Celeryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitchville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Fredericktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nunda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Jelloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Dorema
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Green Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Licking County
- Lock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Martel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Chesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Carrothers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Funk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Lattasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- New Pittsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Shreve
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Millbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- West Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Congress
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Wyandot County
- Wyandot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hanley Village, see our County-by-County Page for Hanley Village.
Cemeteries Near Hanley Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hanley Village.
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 Hanley Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hanley Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Lexington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- German Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caesarea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mansfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mansfield Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mansfield.
- The Mansfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mansfield City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977519 <2>
- Mansfield Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mansfield Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mansfield.
- The Mansfield Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308520 <2>
- Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Troy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bellville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hastings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (523 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lantz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Hanley Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hanley Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hanley Village, with the one closest to Hanley Village listed first.
- Lexington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Hastings
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Lucas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ontario
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steam Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Darlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Spring Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Toledo Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Bangorville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bangorville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangorville
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Mifflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Pavonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hanley Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hanley Village.
Newspapers Published in Hanley Village ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hanley Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hanley Village, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hanley Village.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hanley Village:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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 Hanley Village, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hanley Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |