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 Madison Addition (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 Madison Addition. 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.
Madison Addition is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Madison Addition. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Madison Addition:
- Wood County (The home county of Madison Addition)
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- West Millgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(5 miles [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
- Bloomdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bradner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Six Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bairdstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Cygnet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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)
- Portage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Oceola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Chatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- West Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vanlue
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Blanchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 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 Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Dunkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McVitty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Deshler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McClure
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maumee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Elmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Genoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Martin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clay Center
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Curtice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(30 miles [48.3 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 Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Townwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Burgoon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lindsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kingsway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Shorewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Fostoria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bascom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- New Riegel
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 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 east)
- Adrian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCutchenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Carey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wharton
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Kirby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Madison Addition, see our County-by-County Page for Madison Addition.
Cemeteries Near Madison Addition ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Madison Addition.
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 Madison Addition - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Madison Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- St. Wendelin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fostoria Fountain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fountain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fountain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Perry Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dysinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (393 more) ...
- Sheller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Madison Addition in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Madison Addition.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Madison Addition, with the one closest to Madison Addition listed first.
- Fostoria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hatton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- West Millgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Amsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Risingsun
(5 miles [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
- Bloomdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Angus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bascom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kansas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Alvada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bradner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Six Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bairdstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Madison Addition. See our List of 1890's Communities around Madison Addition.
Newspapers Published in Madison Addition ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Madison Addition.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Madison Addition, 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 Madison Addition.
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 Madison Addition:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Madison Addition, 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 from Point A (ie- Madison Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |