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 Kimball (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 Kimball. 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 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.
Kimball is located in Erie 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 Erie County: Huron, Lorain, Ottawa & Sandusky.
Below are the counties that are near Kimball. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kimball:
- Erie County (The home county of Kimball)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Avery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bogart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Castalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berlinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Sandusky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Huron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Berlin Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Ruggles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Nova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chatfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Norwalk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Peru
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Collins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Hartland Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Olena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- North Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Wakeman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Vermilion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Kipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Vermilion-on-the-Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brownhelm Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- South Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oberlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wellington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Marblehead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Danbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Gypsum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Lacarne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Put-in-Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Isle Saint George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
- Locust Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Rocky Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Plymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ganges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Vickery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Clyde
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Erlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Green Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shorewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Ballville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Kingsway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Stony Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Gabels Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Omar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- West Lodi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Attica Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Green Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Attica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Caroline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Republic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Bloomville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kimball, see our County-by-County Page for Kimball.
Cemeteries Near Kimball ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kimball.
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 Kimball - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kimball covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- North Monroeville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ruggles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strongs Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacobsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- The Sand Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandhill Cemetery
- Trinity Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lyme Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Milan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milan North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Kimball had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kimball, with the one closest to Kimball listed first.
- North Monroeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- North Monroeville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Monroeville
- Prout ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prout is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prout
- Bloomingville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingville
- Lyme ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lyme is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Avery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Sand Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norwalk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Norwalk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Norwalk is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Pontiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pontiac is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Castalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kimball. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kimball.
Newspapers Published in Kimball ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kimball.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kimball, 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 Kimball.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kimball:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Erie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Kimball, 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- Kimball) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |