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 Hardin Station (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 Hardin Station. 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 Hardin Station ...
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 Hardin Station: Hardin Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' 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 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.
Hardin Station is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Hardin Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardin Station:
- Shelby County (The home county of Hardin Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Hardin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Pasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Port Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Fort Laramie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Russia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kettlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Botkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Fort Shawnee
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Conant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Minster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Moulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Santa Fe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Buckland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Cridersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Carysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Dialton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Donnelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Versailles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Gettysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- North Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Dawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Pikeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Rossburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ansonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- New Weston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- Roundhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- New Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Valley Hi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Chickasaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Saint Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Earley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Fort Recovery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Macedon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Piqua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Polo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Conover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Casstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Huber Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Sulphur Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Wengerlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Preble County
- Verona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert County
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Randolph County (IN)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardin Station, see our County-by-County Page for Hardin Station.
Cemeteries Near Hardin Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardin Station.
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 Hardin Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hardin Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Brookside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cecil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Angel Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Razer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Sidney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41108 <2>
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (532 more) ...
- Oran Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Reformed 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 Hardin Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardin Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardin Station, with the one closest to Hardin Station listed first.
- Hardin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kirkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oran
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Depew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Piqua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Port Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCartyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McCartyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartyville
- Russia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Plattsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Anna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardin Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardin Station.
Newspapers Published in Hardin Station ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardin Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardin Station, 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 Hardin Station.
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 Hardin Station:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Van Wert County
- Randolph 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 Hardin Station, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hardin Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |