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 Newbern (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 Newbern. 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.
Name Variations for Newbern ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Other variations include: New Bern and Newburn.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Newbern. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newbern.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Newbern is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Newbern. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newbern:
- Shelby County (The home county of Newbern)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Hardin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Russia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Fort Laramie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kettlersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- Fort Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Minster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Moulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Saint Marys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Wapakoneta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Buckland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Carysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Christiansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Dialton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Donnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Park Layne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Eagle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Green Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Versailles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Yorkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Brock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Stelvideo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Dawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pikeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Ansonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Hardin County
- Roundhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Lakeview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- New Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Chickasaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Saint Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Celina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Fort Recovery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Casstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Vandalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Wengerlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Preble County
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (IN)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newbern, see our County-by-County Page for Newbern.
Cemeteries Near Newbern ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newbern.
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 Newbern - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newbern covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Cecil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brookside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Razer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McKinney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Sidney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41108 <2>
- Continue List (526 more) ...
- Angel Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Johnston 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.<3>
While we didn't find Newbern in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newbern.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newbern, with the one closest to Newbern listed first.
- Hardin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kirkwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Dawson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oran
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Depew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plattsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Russia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Port Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McCartyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McCartyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartyville
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newbern. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newbern.
Newspapers Published in Newbern ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newbern.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newbern, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newbern.
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 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 Newbern:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Randolph 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 Newbern, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newbern) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |