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 Neapolis (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 Neapolis. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Neapolis is primarily located in Holmes County. A portion of Neapolis extends into Lucas 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Neapolis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neapolis:
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Jewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Swanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Delta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Ai
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- West Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Assumption
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Wauseon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Metamora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Advance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Hancock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McClure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Deshler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Florida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Hamler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Ridgeville Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Whitehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sharples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Ottawa Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Sylvania
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Clay Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Curtice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Belmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Miller City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Stryker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Unity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haskins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tontogany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perrysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- The Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Dowling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Custar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bowling Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Bates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Ogden Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Riga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Blissfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morenci
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Sand Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Seneca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- North Morenci
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Deerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Munson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Lambertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Liberty Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Temperance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Vienna Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Petersburg Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Erie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Havre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Lulu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neapolis, see our County-by-County Page for Neapolis.
Cemeteries Near Neapolis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neapolis.
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 Neapolis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neapolis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heath - Colton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bird Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mohler - Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (354 more) ...
- Otsego Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rupp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Neapolis had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neapolis, with the one closest to Neapolis listed first.
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Whitehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neowash ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neowash is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neowash
- Texas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Swanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tontogany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Monclova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Delta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- McClure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neapolis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neapolis.
Newspapers Published in Neapolis ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neapolis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neapolis, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neapolis.
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 Neapolis:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe 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 Neapolis, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neapolis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |