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 Landis (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 Landis. 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 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 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.
Landis is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Landis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Landis:
- Darke County (The home county of Landis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Poplar Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Gettysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Pitsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abbottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Fort Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Savona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Minster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Christiansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- New Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dodo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Crystal Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Dialton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- North Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Burkettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Chickasaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laura
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Kessler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Piqua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Wengerlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Englewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Northview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Kreitzer Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Trotwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Verona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Lake Lakengren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Gratis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Russia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Pasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Port Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Boundary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Spartanburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Haysville Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Rural
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Saratoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Whitewater
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Webster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Landis, see our County-by-County Page for Landis.
Cemeteries Near Landis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Landis.
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 Landis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Landis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Newcomers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mote Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <2>
- Bradford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Zion Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Erisman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ludlow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Landis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Landis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Painter Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Painter Creek is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Creek
- Poplar Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Red River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Delisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Gettysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jaysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Laura
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horatio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Horatio is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Stelvideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Potsdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Landis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Landis.
Newspapers Published in Landis ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Landis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Landis, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Landis.
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 Landis:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Landis, 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- Landis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |