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 Mark Center (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 Mark Center. 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.
Name Variations for Mark Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mark Center: Mark Ctr. (or less commonly used: Mark Cen., Mark Cent. or Mark Cntr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Mark Center is located in Defiance 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 Defiance County: Allen (IN), DeKalb (IN), Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams.
Below are the counties that are near Mark Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mark Center:
- Defiance County (The home county of Mark Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Sherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Archbold
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Pettisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Okolona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Ridgeville Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Florida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- New Bavaria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Holgate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Malinta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Cecil
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Emmett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Antwerp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Link ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Paulding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Broughton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Charloe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Hedges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Hartsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Continental
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kieferville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Muntanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Miller City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ottoville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Convoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Van Wert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Melbern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Edgerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Blakeslee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stryker
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Holiday City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- West Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ainger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Harlan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Grabill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Zulu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Hacienda Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Monroeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Saint Joe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Butler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Era
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Garrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ashley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Noble County (IN)
- Laotto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Hamilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mark Center, see our County-by-County Page for Mark Center.
Cemeteries Near Mark Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mark Center.
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 Mark Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mark Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Spindler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Colby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Six Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Mark Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mark Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mark Center, with the one closest to Mark Center listed first.
- Sherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cecil
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Emmett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cicero is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- The Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bend is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bend
- Moats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moats is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moats
- Farmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Farmer is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reids ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Ney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Link ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Antwerp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ashwood is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- Williams Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williams Center is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mark Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mark Center.
Newspapers Published in Mark Center ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mark Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mark Center, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mark Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Mark Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Defiance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Hillsdale 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> | 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 Mark Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Mark Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |