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 Montpelier (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 Montpelier. 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 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.
Montpelier is located in Williams 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 Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Montpelier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montpelier:
- Williams County (The home county of Montpelier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Holiday City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jim Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kunkle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Ainger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Blakeslee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Cooney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooney is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Edon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Ney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sherwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Hicksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Williamstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Archbold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Pettisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Powers ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Oakshade
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Wauseon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Denson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denson is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Advance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Emmett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Cecil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Link ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Antwerp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paulding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Butler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Saint Joe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Spencerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Corunna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Alvarado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- York
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Clear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Ray
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Fremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Angola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Ray
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Shores
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Fisher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Frontier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Ransom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Waldron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shadyside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Lickly Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Prattville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Reading
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Steamburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Osseo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Munson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Seneca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Rollin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manitou Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montpelier, see our County-by-County Page for Montpelier.
Cemeteries Near Montpelier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montpelier.
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 Montpelier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montpelier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Louden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lash Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Bethesda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Jefferson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lick Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cogswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiffler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiffler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiffler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Pulaski.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1112009 <2>
- West Buffalo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Hepker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Pulaski Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Montpelier had a population of 1,293 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Montpelier had a population of 3,907 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Kunkle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Pioneer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ainger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Blakeslee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nettle Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nettle Lake is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Lake
- Cooney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooney is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Williams Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Williams Center is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Center
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stryker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alvordton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montpelier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montpelier.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Montpelier ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montpelier.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Montpelier. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Montpelier and those printed in the larger area surrounding Montpelier.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> of Montpelier.
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 Montpelier:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Paulding County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee 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> | 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- Montpelier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Montpelier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |