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 Malinta (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 Malinta. 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 and doctors 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.
Malinta is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Lucas, Putnam, Williams & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Malinta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Malinta:
- Henry County (The home county of Malinta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Grelton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Elery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- McClure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holgate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Florida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Colton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Deshler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Bavaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Allen County
- Bluffton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Jewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Ney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Wauseon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Pettisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Swanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Archbold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Ai
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Advance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Burlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Lytton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Hancock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Mount Cory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Charloe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Murat ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Mandale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Emmett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Hedges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Cecil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Belmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- West Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Miller City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Townwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Kieferville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Continental
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gilboa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Hartsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Stryker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- West Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Custar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Grand Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hoytville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Tontogany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- The Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Haskins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- North Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cygnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- Morenci
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Malinta, see our County-by-County Page for Malinta.
Cemeteries Near Malinta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malinta.
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 Malinta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Malinta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Grelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knipp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peace Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hockman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Creager Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Damascus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Malinta had a population of 124 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Malinta had a population of 252 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Malinta, with the one closest to Malinta listed first.
- Elery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Grelton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Westhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Holgate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McClure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Liberty Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Florida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- New Bavaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Deshler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Custar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Malinta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malinta.
Newspapers Published in Malinta ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malinta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malinta, 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 Malinta.
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 Malinta:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Lenawee 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 Malinta, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Malinta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |