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 Milan (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 Milan. 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.
Milan is primarily located in Erie County. A portion of Milan extends into Huron 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 Erie County: Huron, Lorain, Ottawa & Sandusky.
Below are the counties that are near Milan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milan:
- Erie County (The home county of Milan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- North Milan
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Avery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Berlinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Berlin Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bogart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Fairview Lanes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandusky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Castalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Venice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Ruggles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Nova
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tiro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Norwalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Collins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Peru
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Olena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Hunts Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Wakeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Clarksfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- North Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Kipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Vermilion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brownhelm Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
- Vermilion-on-the-Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Oberlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Rochester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Amherst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wellington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Huntington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Risley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Marblehead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Gypsum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Port Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lacarne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Put-in-Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Plymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Ganges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shenandoah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shelby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Olivesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Vernon Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Bellevue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Vickery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Erlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Green Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shorewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Ballville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kingsway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Stony Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Omar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- West Lodi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Attica Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Scipio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Green Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Republic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Fort Seneca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milan, see our County-by-County Page for Milan.
Cemeteries Near Milan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milan.
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 Milan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- Milan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Milan North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jacobsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Norwalk.
- The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- East Norwalk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- O'Dell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sweet Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ruggles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Peters Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Catholic Shrine Cemetery
- Shrine Of The Sorrowful Mother Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Pauls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Norwalk.
- The St. Pauls Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43231 <2>
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Berlinville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scotts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Milan had a population of 627 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Milan had a population of 1,340 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milan, with the one closest to Milan listed first.
- East Norwalk
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Norwalk is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Avery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Norwalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Berlinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Collins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Shinrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Kimball
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kimball is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Townsend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Berlin Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prout ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prout is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prout
- North Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Monroeville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Monroeville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bogart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Ceylon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ceylon is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milan.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Milan ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milan.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Milan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Milan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Milan.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Milan.
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 either 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 Milan:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Erie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Milan, 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 from Point A (ie- Milan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |