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 Monroeville (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 Monroeville. 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.
Monroeville is located in 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 Huron County: Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Lorain, Richland, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Monroeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monroeville:
- Huron County (The home county of Monroeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Norwalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Collins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- North Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Hartland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Coble Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Celeryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Ruggles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Nova
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- North Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tiro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Avery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bogart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Berlinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Fairview Lanes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Berlin Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Venice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Kipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Henrietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Vermilion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Vermilion-on-the-Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brownhelm Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
- Oberlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Wellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Amherst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Marblehead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Gypsum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Lacarne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Put-in-Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Ganges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shelby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Vernon Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Bethlehem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Olivesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Clyde
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vickery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Erlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Green Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shorewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Fremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ballville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Stony Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Kingsway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Gabels Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Burgoon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Omar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- West Lodi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Attica Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Scipio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Republic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Green Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carrothers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 Monroeville, see our County-by-County Page for Monroeville.
Cemeteries Near Monroeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monroeville.
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 Monroeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monroeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lyme Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heyman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pontiac Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Monroeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Jacobsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Center Cemetery
- The Peru Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old School Cemetery
- School House Cemetery
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Axe Factory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Monroeville had a population of 2,069 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Monroeville had a population of 1,339 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monroeville, with the one closest to Monroeville listed first.
- Pontiac
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pontiac is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- North Monroeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Monroeville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Monroeville
- Norwalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kimball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Peru
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Lyme ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyme is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weavers Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bismarck is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Havana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Havana is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- East Norwalk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Norwalk is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
- Avery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Prout ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prout is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prout
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomingville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monroeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monroeville.
Newspapers Published in Monroeville ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monroeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monroeville, 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 Monroeville.
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 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 Monroeville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Huron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lorain 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 Monroeville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monroeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |