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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lawtonville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lawtonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lawtonville, 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 Lawtonville (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 Lawtonville. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Lawtonville is historic, it would have been located within present day Defiance 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 Defiance County: Allen (IN), DeKalb (IN), Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams.
Below are the counties that are near Lawtonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawtonville:
- Defiance County (The home county of Lawtonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brunersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Archbold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Cecil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Emmett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Paulding
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Payne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Worstville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Latty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Putnam County
- Hartsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Edgerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Melbern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Blakeslee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bryan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Columbia is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Ainger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Cooney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooney is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Holiday City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Harlan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grabill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Hacienda Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Huntertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Ari
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ari is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Spencerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ashley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Era
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Altona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- LaGrange County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Gravel Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- Stroh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- South Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Brushy Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Noble County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Laotto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kendallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wakeville Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Ege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Rome City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Alvarado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Russels Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Pleasant Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Angola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Whitley County (IN)
- Churubusco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Branch County (MI)
- Ray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Frontier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Ransom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawtonville, see our County-by-County Page for Lawtonville.
Cemeteries Near Lawtonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawtonville.
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 Lawtonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawtonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Wartenbe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hicksville Amish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Forest Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Six Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Krontz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kraft 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.
While we didn't find Lawtonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawtonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawtonville, with the one closest to Lawtonville listed first.
- Newville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newville is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cicero is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Artic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Artic is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Farmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmer is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Spencerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Halls Corners is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
- Link ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Melbern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Williams Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Center is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Center
- Blakeslee
(11 miles [17.7 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 Lawtonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawtonville.
Newspapers Published in Lawtonville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawtonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawtonville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawtonville.
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 either 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 Lawtonville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Defiance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Whitley County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale 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 Lawtonville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawtonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |