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 McClure (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 McClure. 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 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.
McClure 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 McClure. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McClure:
- Henry County (The home county of McClure)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Grelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Colton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Malinta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Napoleon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hamler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deshler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holgate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Florida
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Ney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Swanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Wauseon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Pettisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Lytton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Assumption
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- 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
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Benton Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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)
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Ottawa Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Air Line Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Charloe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Belmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Townwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- West Leipsic
(18 miles [29 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
- Miller City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Gilboa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Glandorf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Continental
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Sandusky County
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Stryker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Unity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Custar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Tontogany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Haskins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Hoytville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Bowling Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Hammansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Ogden Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Morenci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Munson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- North Morenci
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Monroe County (MI)
- Lambertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McClure, see our County-by-County Page for McClure.
Cemeteries Near McClure ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McClure.
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 McClure - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McClure covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Hockman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Creager Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Richfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mohler - Union 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McClure had a population of 332 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, McClure had a population of 678 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McClure, with the one closest to McClure listed first.
- Grelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Grand Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Malinta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Custar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Neapolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Napoleon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hamler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tontogany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McClure. See our List of 1890's Communities around McClure.
Newspapers Published in McClure ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around McClure.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McClure, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McClure.
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 McClure:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Williams 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 McClure, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McClure) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |