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 Jones City (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 Jones City. 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.
Name Variations for Jones City ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Jones City, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones City may originally have been Jone's City.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones City might be written as Jone City.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones City.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Jones City is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Jones City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones City:
- Putnam County (The home county of Jones City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Rimer
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Columbus Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kalida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ottoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Glandorf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Pandora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Dupont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continental
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Gomer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Scotts Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Delphos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lima
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Southworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Landeck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Fort Shawnee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Cridersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Buckland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Waynesfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Moulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Johns
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Ayersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Mount Cory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Rawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benton Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Jenera
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Stark
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Hancock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Ada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Dola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roundhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hamler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Holgate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Deshler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Florida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Logan County
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Mendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Rockford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Celina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Mandale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Grover Hill
(18 miles [29 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
- Melrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Fort Brown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Charloe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Haviland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Hedges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Botkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kettlersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Middle Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Converse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Venedocia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Hoaglin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Elgin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Van Wert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Scott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ohio City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Convoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Wood County
- Hoytville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones City, see our County-by-County Page for Jones City.
Cemeteries Near Jones City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones City.
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 Jones City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Clerenger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Keirns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pike Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ottawa River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hadding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dutch Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clevenger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altstaetter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- Truro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raabe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartshorn 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jones City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones City, with the one closest to Jones City listed first.
- Vaughnsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vaughnsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughnsville
- Rimer
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Gomer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rushmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Scotts Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Columbus Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Kalida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Delphos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allentown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Ottoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones City.
Newspapers Published in Jones City ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones City, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones City.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Jones City:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jones City, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jones City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |