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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hartford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hartford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hartford, 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 Hartford (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 Hartford. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hartford is historic, it would have been located within present day Allen 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 Allen County: Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Hartford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartford:
- Allen County (The home county of Hartford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Southworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conant is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Landeck is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Shawnee is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Lima
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lima is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,440 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <2>
- Gomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Cairo is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Buckland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Cridersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town was located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Saint Marys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wapakoneta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- New Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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 southeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- New Bremen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Mount Cory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg was located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Alger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McGuffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Roundhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Mendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earley was located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Rockford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Celina
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Chickasaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Saint Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Mandale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Murat was located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Grover Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Haviland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer was located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Fort Brown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews was located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Broughton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dague was located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Hedges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Fort Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Jones City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Ottoville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Kalida
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Dupont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glandorf
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Hartsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Botkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kettlersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Montra
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Jackson Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Laramie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Port Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Converse Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Monticello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Venedocia
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Elgin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Middle Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Van Wert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Abanaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Adams County (IN)
- Pleasant Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allen County (IN)
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Jay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartford, see our County-by-County Page for Hartford.
Cemeteries Near Hartford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartford.
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 Hartford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Hartford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Christie Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Spencerville.
- The Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amanda Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39635 <4>
- West Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spencerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fissel Lauth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ft. Amanda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hance Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Kossuth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Hartford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Spencerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conant is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Southworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Kemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kemp is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Kossuth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Landeck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Landeck is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Converse
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Monticello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Allentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allentown is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Elida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Hume
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hume is also located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buckland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Venedocia
(8 miles [12.9 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartford.
Newspapers Published in Hartford ...
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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartford, 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 Hartford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hartford:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Jay 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 Hartford, 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Hartford) 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. |