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 Horton (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 Horton. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Horton is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Horton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Horton:
- Logan County (The home county of Horton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- West Mansfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Zanesfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Middleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- New Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Bellefontaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Russells Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Harrod
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Santa Fe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Johns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Kingscreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mutual
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Saint Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Radnor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Meredith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Ostrander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Franklin County
- Lamb Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- New Stark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Mount Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Roundhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McGuffey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- McVitty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Huntersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Patterson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Alger
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Chuckery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Plain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- La Rue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morrow County
- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Jackson Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Montra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Summersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Marysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Unionville Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New California
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Marseilles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harpster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Horton, see our County-by-County Page for Horton.
Cemeteries Near Horton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horton.
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 Horton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Horton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- Good Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hathaway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Early Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Byhalia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Equality Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Day Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Greenfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Victory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jasinsky Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Horton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Horton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Horton, with the one closest to Horton listed first.
- West Mansfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Walnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- North Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Greenfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenfield
- Byhalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Byhalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia
- Big Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Rushsylvania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Jerusalem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Jerusalem is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem
- Harper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- East Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Liberty is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Arbela
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arbela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbela
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marshs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marshs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshs
- Northwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Northwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Zanesfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Horton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Horton.
Newspapers Published in Horton ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horton, 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 Horton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Horton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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 Horton, 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- Horton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |