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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Needmore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Needmore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Needmore, 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 Needmore (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 Needmore. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Needmore is historic, it would have been located within present day Allen 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 Allen County: Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Needmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Needmore:
- Allen County (The home county of Needmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Southworth
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Scotts Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Delphos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Landeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Elida
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Spencerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lima
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Shawnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Beaverdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Buckland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Cridersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- New Knoxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- New Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Mount Cory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Alger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McGuffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Roundhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Mendon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Rockford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Celina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Chickasaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coldwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Wabash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Saint Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Mandale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Grover Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Haviland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Melrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Fort Brown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Dague ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Broughton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Charloe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Fort Jennings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Jones City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Ottoville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Kalida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Columbus Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glandorf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Ottawa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Botkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kettlersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Montra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Jackson Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Fort Laramie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Converse Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Venedocia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Middle Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Hoaglin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Scott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Convoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County (IN)
- Pleasant Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allen County (IN)
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Needmore, see our County-by-County Page for Needmore.
Cemeteries Near Needmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Needmore.
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 Needmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Needmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Hartford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Delphos.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43938 <4>
- St. John Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartshorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Spencerville.
- The Amanda Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amanda Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39635 <4>
- Christie Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lutheran 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 Needmore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Needmore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Southworth
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Scotts Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Conant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Delphos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Landeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Spencerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kemp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kemp is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
- Elida
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Converse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Allentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allentown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Gomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rushmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Venedocia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Monticello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Kossuth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Needmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needmore.
Newspapers Published in Needmore ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Needmore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Needmore, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Needmore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Needmore:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Allen 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 Needmore, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Needmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |