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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lelan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lelan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lelan, 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 Lelan (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 Lelan. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Lelan is historic, it would have been located within present day Warren 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 Warren County: Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Lelan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lelan:
- Warren County (The home county of Lelan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Greentree Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
- Kenricksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- South Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hageman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hageman is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Corwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shadow Lake Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Vera Cruz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Fivemile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bethany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Taylor Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Village
- South Middletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Middletown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown
- Poast Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Wetherington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wetherington is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetherington
- Kyles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kyles is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Poast Town Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Olde West Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olde West Chester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde West Chester
- Tylersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tylersville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Rockdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Holiday Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Park Layne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Clermont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Loveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Epworth Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Epworth Heights is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Heights
- Branch Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branch Hill is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Hill
- Mount Repose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Repose is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Repose
- Mulberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Ashdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ashdale is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdale
- Day Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newtonsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newtonsville is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Williams Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Williams Corners is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corners
- Moores Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Beechwood ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beechwood is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Craver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Craver is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craver
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Kingman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- New Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Blanchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Wilmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Port William
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- New Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Roxanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Bellbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beavercreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Trebein
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Xenia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- New Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Wilberforce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Fairborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Loveland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park
- Highpoint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highpoint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Remington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Remington is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
- Sharonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ash
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Evendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Rossmoyne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rossmoyne is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoyne
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,522 people
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Lynchburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harwood is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Willettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Needfull
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Needfull is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needfull
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Oakwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Miamisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Carrollton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whitfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Germantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kettering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moraine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gem City Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Frytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Frytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Gratis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Elkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingomar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Williams County
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Campbell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Thomas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Southgate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lelan, see our County-by-County Page for Lelan.
Cemeteries Near Lelan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lelan.
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 Lelan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lelan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Kirby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lebanon Cemetery is located in Lebanon.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- LeFever Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeFever Cemetery
- The LeFever Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hatfield Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Stone Schoolhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brannock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warwick - Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Otterbein - Shaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deerfield 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 Lelan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lelan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lelan, with the one closest to Lelan listed first.
- Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pekin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Dodds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodds is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodds
- Oregonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Lion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Hageman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hageman is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman
- South Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Kings Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Waynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lytle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lytle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
- Hopkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hopkinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lelan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lelan.
Newspapers Published in Lelan ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lelan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lelan, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lelan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lelan:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Butler County
- Clark County
- Clermont County
- Clinton County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Highland County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Williams County
- Campbell 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 Lelan, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Lelan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |