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 New Stark (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 Stark. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
New Stark 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 New Stark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Stark:
- Hancock County (The home county of New Stark)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Williamstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mount Blanchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Findlay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Vanlue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Bluffton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- West Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Gomer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Waynesfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Cridersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Uniopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Wapakoneta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Fryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Dola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Alger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Kenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Henry County
- Deshler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Belle Center
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rushsylvania
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russells Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- La Rue
(25 miles [40.2 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
- New Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Morral
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Pandora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Gilboa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Columbus Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Glandorf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic
(23 miles [37 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
- Jones City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Belmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Rimer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Alvada
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Bairdstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Hoytville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- North Baltimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eagleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Hammansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Wharton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Kirby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Upper Sandusky
(23 miles [37 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
- Harpster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Stark, see our County-by-County Page for New Stark.
Cemeteries Near New Stark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Stark.
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 Stark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Stark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Eagle Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hasson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Riley Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McElroy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Schellbas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkirk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Keller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Candler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, New Stark had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Stark, with the one closest to New Stark listed first.
- Hassan ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hassan is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassan
- Williamstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cordelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cordelia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordelia
- Ada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Arlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Bluffton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McGuffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Foraker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Mount Blanchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Stark. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Stark.
Newspapers Published in New Stark ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Stark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Stark, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Stark.
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 either 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 Stark:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam 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> | 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 New Stark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Stark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |