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 Mendon (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 Mendon. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Mendon is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Adams (IN), Jay (IN), Auglaize, Darke, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Mendon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mendon:
- Mercer County (The home county of Mendon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Mercer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Rockford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Celina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Scudder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Coldwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skeels Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Wabash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Chickasaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Macedon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Spencerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Landeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Southworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Delphos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Fort Shawnee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Gomer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lima
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Saint Marys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cridersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Minster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Osgood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Weston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rossburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Lightsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Frenchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Grover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Haviland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Mandale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Murat ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Batson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Dague ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- McGill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McGill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Broughton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Latty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Fort Jennings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ottoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Jones City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Muntanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kalida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Kettlersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Botkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Jackson Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Elgin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Venedocia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Ohio City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Middle Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Van Wert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coppess Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Honduras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Linn Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Preble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Magley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Magley is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Dixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Jay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Antiville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Salamonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Portland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Vera Cruz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Craigville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Craigville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mendon, see our County-by-County Page for Mendon.
Cemeteries Near Mendon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mendon.
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 Mendon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mendon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Sherer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mendon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fryer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Roebuck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hussey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mercer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hankin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Roberts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mendon had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mendon had a population of 642 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mendon, with the one closest to Mendon listed first.
- Mercer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Neptune
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Elgin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Tama
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Rockford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shasta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shasta is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta
- Converse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Kossuth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Spencerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Venedocia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Ohio City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mendon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mendon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mendon ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mendon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mendon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mendon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mendon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Mendon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Mendon:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Jay County
- Wells 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 Mendon, 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- Mendon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |