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 Newport (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 Newport. 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 doctors and 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.
Newport 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 Newport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newport:
- Shelby County (The home county of Newport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Fort Laramie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Filburns Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Hardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Lockington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Sidney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kettlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Fort Shawnee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Minster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Saint Marys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Fryburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Johns
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Uniopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Cridersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Carysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Christiansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Dialton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Osgood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Brock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- North Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Stelvideo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Gettysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- New Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rossburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Ansonia
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Quincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Chickasaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Celina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Recovery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Macedon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Earley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Wabash
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Mendon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Conover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Union
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Wengerlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Vandalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Salamonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Union City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- New Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Spartanburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newport, see our County-by-County Page for Newport.
Cemeteries Near Newport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport.
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 Newport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cynthian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Oran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Galley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oran Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels New Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Munk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Houston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Angel Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willowdell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Remy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Newport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Oran
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Houston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Dawson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willowdell is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdell
- Hardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Minster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Strakers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Strakers is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strakers
- Versailles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Osgood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Steinman ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Steinman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Delvin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delvin is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delvin
- Webster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newport.
Newspapers Published in Newport ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newport, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newport.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Newport:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Van Wert County
- Jay 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> | 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 Newport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Newport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |