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 Houcktown (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 Houcktown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Houcktown is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Allen, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Houcktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houcktown:
- Hancock County (The home county of Houcktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Findlay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Benton Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Bluffton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beaverdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auglaize County
- Waynesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Dola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Ada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Alger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Deshler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hamler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Logan County
- Belle Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- La Rue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Gilboa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Townwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Pandora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Belmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Columbus Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glandorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jones City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Miller City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sandusky County
- Burgoon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Alvada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Berwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fostoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bascom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Tiffin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Bairdstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Bloomdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eagleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Hammansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Cygnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- West Millgrove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Six Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Portage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Wharton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Carey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kirby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Marseilles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Belle Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Harpster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houcktown, see our County-by-County Page for Houcktown.
Cemeteries Near Houcktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houcktown.
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 Houcktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Houcktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Frontiers Repose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Krout Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siddall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Castor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Blanchard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Earlywine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Five Points Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Van Horn Cemetery
(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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Houcktown had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houcktown, with the one closest to Houcktown listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pratts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Vanlue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Jenera
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Findlay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wharton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Cordelia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cordelia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordelia
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houcktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houcktown.
Newspapers Published in Houcktown ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houcktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houcktown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Houcktown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Houcktown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Crawford County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood 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> | 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 Houcktown, 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- Houcktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |