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 Hickory Hills (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 Hickory Hills. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Hickory Hills is located in Williams 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 Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Hills:
- Williams County (The home county of Hickory Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Stryker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- West Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bryan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alvordton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holiday City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Kunkle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Montpelier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Jim Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blakeslee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Ney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Brunersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Hicksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Archbold
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Pettisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Wauseon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Powers ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Oakshade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Napoleon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Florida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Liberty Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Holgate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Malinta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Grelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- New Bavaria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- McClure
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Sharples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Whitehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Emmett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Cecil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Charloe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Paulding
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Antwerp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Continental
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Kieferville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Dupont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Custar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Alvarado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Clear Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Waldron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Prattville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Ransom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Lickly Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Frontier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Shadyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Pittsford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Osseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Steamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Munson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Morenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Seneca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Weston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Jasper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Sand Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Ogden Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Rollin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Hills.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Hills.
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 Hickory Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Stryker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641243 <2>
- Boynton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Evansport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Archbold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- French Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Old St. Johns Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New St. Johns Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rupp 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 Hickory Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hills, with the one closest to Hickory Hills listed first.
- Evansport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stryker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Archbold
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Adams Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Ridge is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Ridge
- Pulaski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- West Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Ney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Zone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zone is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
- Brunersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Okolona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Hills.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Hills ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Hills, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Hills.
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 websites either 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 Hickory Hills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Wood County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee 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 Hickory Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |