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 Mount Blanchard (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 Mount Blanchard. 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.
Name Variations for Mount Blanchard ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Blanchard: Mt. Blanchard
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Mount Blanchard is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Allen, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Blanchard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Blanchard:
- Hancock County (The home county of Mount Blanchard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vanlue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Williamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Findlay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Independence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Cory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Bluffton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lima
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- Waynesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Dunkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Dola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Ada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- McGuffey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Pfeiffer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Alger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- Deshler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Belle Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Rushsylvania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- La Rue
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Morral
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- New Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Gilboa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Pandora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Townwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Glandorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sandusky County
- Burgoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Alvada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- McCutchenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Riegel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bascom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Tiffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Bloomdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Eagleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- North Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Cygnet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- West Millgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Risingsun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Six Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Wayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Wharton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Carey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Marseilles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Belle Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Harpster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Blanchard, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Blanchard.
Cemeteries Near Mount Blanchard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Blanchard.
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 Mount Blanchard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Blanchard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Mt. Blanchard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Krout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Castor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Earlywine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Siddall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frontiers Repose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spoon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- Zion Bloom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Mount Blanchard had a population of 421 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mount Blanchard had a population of 478 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Blanchard, with the one closest to Mount Blanchard listed first.
- Pratts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Houcktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houcktown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcktown
- Arlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wharton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Williamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Vanlue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jenera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McVitty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Carey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Blanchard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Blanchard.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mount Blanchard ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Blanchard.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mount Blanchard. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mount Blanchard and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mount Blanchard.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Mount Blanchard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Mount Blanchard:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Crawford County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Wyandot 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 Mount Blanchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Mount Blanchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |