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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Harrison. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Harrison to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Harrison, 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 New Harrison (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 New Harrison. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Harrison is historic, it would have been located within present day Paulding 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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near New Harrison. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Harrison:
- Paulding County (The home county of New Harrison)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Antwerp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Link ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Payne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Cecil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Batson ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- McGill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Paulding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Latty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Hicksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Hartsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Continental
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ottoville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Scott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Convoy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Abanaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Willshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Middle Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Schumm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Edgerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Melbern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Blakeslee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bryan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stryker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Decatur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Preble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Magley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Magley is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Coppess Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Honduras
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Woodburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Harlan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grabill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Leo-Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Monroeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Anthony Wayne Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Spencerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Butler
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Era
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Ashley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Laotto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Kendallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Hamilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Alvarado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Ossian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Craigville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitley County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Churubusco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dunfee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Collins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Whitley County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Harrison, see our County-by-County Page for New Harrison.
Cemeteries Near New Harrison ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Harrison.
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 New Harrison - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Harrison covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Diehl Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Banks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maumee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Banks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Banks Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Antwerp.
- The Banks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coffelt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39741 <4>
- Slough Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lehman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wiltsie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snellenbarger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Forder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 New Harrison in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Harrison.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Harrison, with the one closest to New Harrison listed first.
- Antwerp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Link ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Halls Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Corners is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
- Edgerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Smiley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smiley is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Harlan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Payne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Hicksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Batson ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Cecil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Spencerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Harrison. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Harrison.
Newspapers Published in New Harrison ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Harrison.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Harrison, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Harrison.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 New Harrison:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Wells County
- Whitley 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 New Harrison, 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 '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- New Harrison) 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. |