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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 Hechts Landing (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 Hechts Landing. 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 Hechts Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Hechts Landing: Hechts Lndg. (or less commonly used: Hechts Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Hechts Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hechts Landing may originally have been Hecht's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hechts Landing might be written as Hecht Landing.
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 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.
Hechts Landing is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Adams (IN), Jay (IN), Auglaize, Darke, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Hechts Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hechts Landing:
- Mercer County (The home county of Hechts Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Chickasaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Celina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Saint Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Burkettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wendelin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Macedon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Scudder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Spencerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Conant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Southworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Landeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Fort Shawnee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Delphos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Lima
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gomer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Saint Marys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Minster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wapakoneta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fryburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Cridersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Santa Fe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Osgood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Frenchtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Rossburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Dawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Ansonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Pikeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stelvideo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Russells Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Bloomer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Fort Jennings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rimer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Ottoville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jones City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Kettlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Fort Laramie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Botkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Montra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Sidney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Port Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Ohio City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Glenmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Middle Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Willshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Van Wert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Jay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Salamonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Antiville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hechts Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Hechts Landing.
Cemeteries Near Hechts Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hechts Landing.
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 Hechts Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hechts Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Botkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Sebastian Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Precious Blood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Marys.
- The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elm View Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40712 <3>
- Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Marys.
- The Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gethsemane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41044 <3>
- Oldtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maria Stein Convent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plank Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- German Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hechts Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hechts Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hechts Landing, with the one closest to Hechts Landing listed first.
- Montezuma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Sebastian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Chickasaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carthagena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carthagena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthagena
- Saint Rosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Rosa is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Maria Stein
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Celina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Neptune is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Cassella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cassella is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassella
- New Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Minster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hechts Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hechts Landing.
Newspapers Published in Hechts Landing ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hechts Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hechts Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hechts Landing.
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 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 Hechts Landing:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Logan County
- Miami County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hechts Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Hechts Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |