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 Ithaca (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 Ithaca. 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 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.
Ithaca is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Ithaca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ithaca:
- Darke County (The home county of Ithaca)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Gordon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Arcanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Castine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Pitsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Abbottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Fort Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Gettysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Astoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Poast Town Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Poast Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Miltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Miltonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville
- Champaign County
- Christiansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- New Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dodo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Fairborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beavercreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- Burkettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ginghamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Bloomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Pyrmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Brookville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Airhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kreitzer Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- New Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Verona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Eaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Fort Laramie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Warren County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Arba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spartanburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Haysville Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rural
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Goodwins Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- West College Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Whitewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Spring Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Greens Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Economy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ithaca, see our County-by-County Page for Ithaca.
Cemeteries Near Ithaca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ithaca.
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 Ithaca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ithaca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Castine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Castine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Castine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Verona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Cemetery
- The Verona Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Baltimore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43910 <2>
- Dry Fork Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Monroe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mote Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <2>
- Otterbein Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Ithaca had a population of 135 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Ithaca had a population of 129 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ithaca, with the one closest to Ithaca listed first.
- Gordon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Arcanum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Sonora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Sonora is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sonora
- Castine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- West Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Euphemia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Lewisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Jaysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bachman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bachman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachman
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Dodson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodson is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ithaca. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ithaca.
Newspapers Published in Ithaca ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ithaca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ithaca, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ithaca.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Ithaca:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Greene County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Wayne 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 Ithaca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ithaca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |