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 Hume (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 Hume. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Hume is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Hume. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hume:
- Allen County (The home county of Hume)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Fort Shawnee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Conant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Spencerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Southworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Scotts Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Landeck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Delphos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Cridersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buckland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Johns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Waynesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Marys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Santa Fe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- New Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Osgood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- New Stark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Jenera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Alger
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roundhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McGuffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Jumbo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Belle Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Logansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Graff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Mendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Celina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Mercer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Chickasaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Tama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Rockford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Mandale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Grover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Jones City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Fort Jennings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ottoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kalida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Pandora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Glandorf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ottawa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gilboa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Botkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kettlersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Montra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Jackson Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Maplewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Port Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sidney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Pasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Monticello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Converse Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Venedocia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Middle Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hume, see our County-by-County Page for Hume.
Cemeteries Near Hume ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hume.
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 Hume - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hume covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Wheeler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stevely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Mathews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jacob Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shawnee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lima.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43388 <2>
- Ft. Amanda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Craft Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemani Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemani Cemetery
- The Gethsemani Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gersemane Cemetery
- Gethsemane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41045 <2>
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Spencerville.
- The Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amanda Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39635 <2>
- Christie Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hume had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hume, with the one closest to Hume listed first.
- Cridersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buckland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Kemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kemp is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Conant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Wapakoneta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yoder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yoder is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
- Allentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allentown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Uniopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Glynwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glynwood is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glynwood
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Warsaw is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warsaw
- Elida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Spencerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hume. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hume.
Newspapers Published in Hume ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hume.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hume, 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 Hume.
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 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 Hume:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hume) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Hume, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |