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 Jaysville (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 Jaysville. 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 and doctors 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.
Jaysville 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 Jaysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jaysville:
- Darke County (The home county of Jaysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Abbottsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arcanum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stelvideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Gettysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Pitsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Minster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- Christiansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Burkettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Macedon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Laura
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Potsdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Ludlow Falls
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Garland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Polo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Piqua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Kreitzer Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Northview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- New Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Post Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Post Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Verona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Gratis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Russia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Sidney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Boundary City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Spartanburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Haysville Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 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>
- Rural
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Bloomingport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Saratoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Modoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Union County (IN)
- Goodwins Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Whitewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Webster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Economy
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Abington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jaysville, see our County-by-County Page for Jaysville.
Cemeteries Near Jaysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jaysville.
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 Jaysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jaysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Lakes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Zion Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Foutz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Newcomers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Greenville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jaysville had a population of 46 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jaysville, with the one closest to Jaysville listed first.
- Delisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Fort Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arcanum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Savona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Baker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Painter Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Gettysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Stelvideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Heron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
- New Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jaysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jaysville.
Newspapers Published in Jaysville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jaysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jaysville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jaysville.
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 either 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 Jaysville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay 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> | 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 Jaysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Jaysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |