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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hords. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hords to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hords, 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 Hords (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 Hords. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hords is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Hords. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hords:
- Marion County (The home county of Hords)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Ruth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- New Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Newmans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- La Rue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Waldo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Martel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Oceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- North Robinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Broken Sword
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Galion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Kerr Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Norton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Meredith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Ashley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Leonardsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Vanlue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- McVitty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- West Mansfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Shawtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Cardington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Edison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Chesterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Richland County
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- McCutchenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Melmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Richwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Summersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Pharisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Raymond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Marseilles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Wharton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Sycamore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Carey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hords, see our County-by-County Page for Hords.
Cemeteries Near Hords ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hords.
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 Hords - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hords covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Rayl Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harding Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Marion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brewer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Page Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kannel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reidel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (503 more) ...
- Green Camp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Heights Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Hords in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hords.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hords, with the one closest to Hords listed first.
- Longville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Ruth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Espyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Espyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espyville
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Owens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Logan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- DeCliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- La Rue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hords. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hords.
Newspapers Published in Hords ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hords.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hords, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hords.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hords:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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 Hords, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hords) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |