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 Washington (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 Washington. 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 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 Washington is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near New Washington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Washington:
- Crawford County (The home county of New Washington)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- North Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Leesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Bucyrus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Crestline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Galion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Ruggles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Bailey Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Nova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Milan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Avery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Berlinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Castalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Celeryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Delphi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Steuben
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- North Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peru
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Hunts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fitchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Lorain County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Martel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Forest ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ganges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Maybee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Shenandoah
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Ontario
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Mansfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Bellevue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Erlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Vickery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Ballville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Burgoon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Carrothers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Attica Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Bloomville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Omar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Melmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- West Lodi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Republic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Tiffin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Watson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Duenquat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Upper Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Harpster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Washington, see our County-by-County Page for New Washington.
Cemeteries Near New Washington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Washington.
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 Washington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Washington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Swaab Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brenner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swamp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nazareth Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buchman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- College Hill Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lust Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Washington had a population of 704 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Washington had a population of 915 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Washington, with the one closest to New Washington listed first.
- North Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Carrothers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Saint Stephens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Stephens is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brandywine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brandywine is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
- Forest ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Relief ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Relief is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Lykens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Siam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Siam is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Broken Sword
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Washington. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Washington.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Washington ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Washington.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Washington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Washington and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Washington.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> of New Washington.
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 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 Washington:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Washington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |