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 Kirby (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 Kirby. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kirby is located in Wyandot 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 Wyandot County: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Kirby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirby:
- Wyandot County (The home county of Kirby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Wharton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Marseilles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Carey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Duenquat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Mexico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Bluffton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beaverdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Lemert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Broken Sword
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Bucyrus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- North Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Jenera
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Findlay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Arcadia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Dola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Mount Victory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Belle Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Rushsylvania
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- New Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Morral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- La Rue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Newmans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Gilboa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Pandora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Berwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Bascom
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fostoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tiffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Carrothers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Richwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Summersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Bloomdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Eagleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- North Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirby, see our County-by-County Page for Kirby.
Cemeteries Near Kirby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirby.
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 Kirby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Schoenberger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rowland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Krock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murrey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Callahan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UMC Cemetery
- The Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Cemetery
- Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Continue List (473 more) ...
- Baughman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spoon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Kirby had a population of 274 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kirby had a population of 112 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirby, with the one closest to Kirby listed first.
- Wharton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Marseilles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Upper Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Lovell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Pratts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Crawford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Carey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Blanchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Douglass ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Douglass is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Vanlue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirby.
Newspapers Published in Kirby ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirby, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirby.
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 Kirby:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wyandot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Seneca County
- Union County
- Wood 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 Kirby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kirby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |