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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mount Tabor. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mount Tabor to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Tabor, please Contact Us.
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 Tabor (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 Tabor. 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 Tabor ...
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 Tabor: Mt. Tabor
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Tabor. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Tabor.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mount Tabor is historic, it would have been located within present day Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Tabor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Tabor:
- Logan County (The home county of Mount Tabor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Logansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Russells Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- New Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Belle Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Marl City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Zanesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Harrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Fort Shawnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lima
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Santa Fe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Johns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Wapakoneta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Cridersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Buckland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Minster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Carysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Westville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mutual
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Powhattan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mechanicsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Dialton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Tremont City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Dodo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Eagle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Northridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- New Moorefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Greenlawn Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Roundhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- McGuffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Alger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Grant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- La Rue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Mercer County
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Lena
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Piqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Polo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Jackson Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Pasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Botkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kettlersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Lockington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Filburns Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Raymond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Tabor, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Tabor.
Cemeteries Near Mount Tabor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Tabor.
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 Tabor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Tabor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Knight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moores Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logansville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Means Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hodge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Huber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Mount Tabor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Tabor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Tabor, with the one closest to Mount Tabor listed first.
- Lewistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Bloom Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
- Gretna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gretna is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- De Graff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Pemberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- New Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Port Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Tabor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Tabor.
Newspapers Published in Mount Tabor ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Tabor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Tabor, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Tabor.
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 helpful 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 Tabor:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Hardin County
- Marion County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Tabor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Tabor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |