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 Lewistown (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 Lewistown. 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.
Lewistown is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Lewistown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lewistown:
- Logan County (The home county of Lewistown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Russells Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- New Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bellefontaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Belle Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Harrod
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Fort Shawnee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Lafayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lima
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Elida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Johns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Wapakoneta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cridersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Moulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Buckland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Minster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Carysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Kingscreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Christiansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mutual
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Dialton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dodo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Eagle City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Moorefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Northridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- New Stark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Roundhead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Alger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McGuffey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Mount Victory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marion County
- La Rue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Lena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Polo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Maplewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Jackson Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Montra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Anna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Botkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Lockington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Raymond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Richwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lewistown, see our County-by-County Page for Lewistown.
Cemeteries Near Lewistown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewistown.
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 Lewistown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lewistown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Lewistown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moores Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Logansville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Harrod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McGraw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lewistown had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Bloom Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gretna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gretna is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bellefontaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Maplewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Northwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Jackson Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quincy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- New Hampshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Belle Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lewistown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewistown.
Newspapers Published in Lewistown ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewistown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewistown, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewistown.
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 Lewistown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Marion County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Lewistown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lewistown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |