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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kellker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kellker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kellker, please Contact Us.
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 Kellker (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 Kellker. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Kellker is historic, it would have been located within present day Morrow 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 Morrow County: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Kellker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kellker:
- Morrow County (The home county of Kellker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- West Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Mount Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marengo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Sparta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Perrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Loudonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McKay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Galion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crestline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Bucyrus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tiro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Oceola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Chatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Lemert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Ashley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- East Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Leonardsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Paget ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Celeryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Delphi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Batemantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fredericktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- North Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Mount Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Nunda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Bangs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Lock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Hartford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Green ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Martel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Waldo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Morral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Newmans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- New Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <2>
- Alta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hanley Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Maybee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Mansfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Lucas
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- Carrothers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Nevada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harpster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duenquat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kellker, see our County-by-County Page for Kellker.
Cemeteries Near Kellker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kellker.
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 Kellker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kellker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moffit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Garverick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peace Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunfish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryn Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Bingham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- River Cliff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaskiville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Kellker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kellker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kellker, with the one closest to Kellker listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaskiville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pulaskiville is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaskiville
- Saint James
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Steam Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Iberia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Galion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Martel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Cardington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bangorville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bangorville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangorville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kellker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kellker.
Newspapers Published in Kellker ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kellker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kellker, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kellker.
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 Kellker:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Morrow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Marion County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kellker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Kellker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |