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 Hewitt (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 Hewitt. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Hewitt is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Hewitt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hewitt:
- Darke County (The home county of Hewitt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Savona
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Fort Jefferson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- New Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Arcanum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Long
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Butler County
- Somerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Burkettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Fort Recovery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Laura
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bloomer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Kessler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Polo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Pyrmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Airhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Englewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Trotwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Eldorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Ingomar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Russia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Fayette County (IN)
- Springersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville
- Henry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Blountsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Millville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Mooreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Boundary City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Arba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Haysville Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Rural
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Union City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- New Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Yankee Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West College Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Whitewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Economy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Abington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Hagerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hewitt, see our County-by-County Page for Hewitt.
Cemeteries Near Hewitt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hewitt.
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 Hewitt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hewitt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Foutz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- First Universalist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenmound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hewitt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hewitt.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
- Savona
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- New Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Jefferson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Baker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Wiley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wiley is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Eldorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Glen Karn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glen Karn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Karn
- Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- West Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcanum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jaysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hewitt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hewitt.
Newspapers Published in Hewitt ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hewitt.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hewitt, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hewitt.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hewitt:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Fayette County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Hewitt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hewitt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |