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 Jump (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 Jump. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Jump is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Jump. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jump:
- Hardin County (The home county of Jump)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Jumbo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Roundhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Alger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huntersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Dunkirk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pfeiffer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Harrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Lafayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Bluffton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Elida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Scotts Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Waynesfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Santa Fe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Cridersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Carysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- New Stark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Williamstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Vanlue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Belle Center
(7 miles [11.3 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
- New Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rushsylvania
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Bellefontaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Logansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Mansfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Zanesfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- De Graff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- La Rue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Pandora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Columbus Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Gilboa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Rimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Ottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Jackson Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Montra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Botkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Raymond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Marseilles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Harpster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jump, see our County-by-County Page for Jump.
Cemeteries Near Jump ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jump.
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 Jump - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jump covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Old Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McArthur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hinkle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rutledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Roundhead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Roundhead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Preston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Sloan - Yelverton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shadley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jump in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jump.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jump, with the one closest to Jump listed first.
- Jumbo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Roundhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- McGuffey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- West Newton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Newton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Alger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yelverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yelverton is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelverton
- Silver Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Belle Center
(7 miles [11.3 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
- New Hampshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harrod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Northwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Northwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Ada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jump. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jump.
Newspapers Published in Jump ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jump.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jump, 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 Jump.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Jump:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Jump, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jump) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |