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 Lockington (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 Lockington. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Lockington is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Lockington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lockington:
- Shelby County (The home county of Lockington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Hardin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Sidney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Russia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Port Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Laramie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kettlersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maplewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Minster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Santa Fe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Moulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Saint Marys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Wapakoneta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buckland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Carysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Christiansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Dialton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Park Layne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Green Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Versailles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Frenchtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Osgood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Stelvideo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Poplar Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Dawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Pitsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- Fairborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Chickasaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Saint Henry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Celina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Conover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Vandalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Northview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wengerlawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (IN)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lockington, see our County-by-County Page for Lockington.
Cemeteries Near Lockington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lockington.
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 Lockington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lockington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Razer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McKinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cecil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Johnston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- Brookside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garby Cemetery #2
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Lockington had a population of 170 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lockington had a population of 133 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lockington, with the one closest to Lockington listed first.
- Kirkwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Depew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Farrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Sidney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eldean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Plattsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Ballou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Russia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lockington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lockington.
Newspapers Published in Lockington ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lockington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lockington, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lockington.
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 helpful 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 Lockington:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Randolph 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 Lockington, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lockington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |