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 Maumee (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 Maumee. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Maumee is located in Lucas 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 Lucas County: Lenawee (MI), Monroe (MI), Fulton, Henry, Ottawa & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Maumee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maumee:
- Lucas County (The home county of Maumee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Ottawa Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Waterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Toledo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Toledo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Whitehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wernerts Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wernerts Corners is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wernerts Corners
- West Toledo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Toledo
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Swanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Assumption
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Ai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Metamora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Siney ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- West Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Van Buren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Colton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McClure
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deshler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Clay Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Curtice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Locust Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Gabels Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Burgoon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Stony Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Perrysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Rossford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Arbor Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Dowling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Northwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Haskins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lemoyne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Millbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Luckey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Riga
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Blissfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Deerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wellsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Holloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Adrian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Lambertville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Temperance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vienna Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Samaria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Havre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Yargerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Luna Pier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Orchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Orchard is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Orchard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maumee, see our County-by-County Page for Maumee.
Cemeteries Near Maumee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maumee.
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 Maumee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maumee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ft. Meigs Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hufford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lyons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toledo State Hospital Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Roth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wakeman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakeman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #358946 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40149 <2>
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 Maumee had a population of 1,645 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Maumee had a population of 13,605 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maumee, with the one closest to Maumee listed first.
- Perrysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roachton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roachton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachton
- Monclova
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lime City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Air Line Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Waterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richards ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Hull Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
- Dowling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Moline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moline is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cummings ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cummings is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- East Toledo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Toledo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maumee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maumee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Maumee ...
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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maumee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Maumee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Maumee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Maumee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> of Maumee.
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 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 Maumee:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lucas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Ottawa County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe 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 Maumee, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maumee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |