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 Longley (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 Longley. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Longley is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Longley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longley:
- Seneca County (The home county of Longley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Fostoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bascom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Cromers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Alvada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- New Riegel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seneca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Berwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Tiffin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Adrian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Mount Blanchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Deshler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McClure
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Maumee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Whitehouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Oregon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yondota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Elmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Clay Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Oak Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Townwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Gilboa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Leipsic Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Burgoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Stony Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lindsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kingsway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Shorewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Clyde
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Risingsun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- West Millgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Six Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Jerry City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bairdstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Cygnet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pemberville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- North Baltimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Wharton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Duenquat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Kirby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longley, see our County-by-County Page for Longley.
Cemeteries Near Longley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longley.
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 Longley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Dysinger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Perry Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fostoria Fountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Graham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Loudon Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wells Family 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 Longley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longley, with the one closest to Longley listed first.
- Risingsun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Hatton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- West Millgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Fostoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amsden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Bloomdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Angus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Bradner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tinney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tinney is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinney
- Rollersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Six Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodside is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Bascom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longley.
Newspapers Published in Longley ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longley, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Longley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot 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 Longley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Longley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |