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 North Creek (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 North Creek. 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 North Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Creek: N. Creek
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Creek.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
North Creek is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near North Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Creek:
- Putnam County (The home county of North Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Kieferville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Continental
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miller City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Glandorf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Leipsic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Kalida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Gomer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Delphos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Scotts Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- West Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Elida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Bluffton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Beaverdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Ayersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Sherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Archbold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Wauseon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- McComb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Cory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Van Buren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Findlay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jenera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Holgate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Florida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Elery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Okolona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Malinta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deshler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Ridgeville Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- McClure
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Oakwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Murat ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Fort Brown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Mandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Charloe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Melrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Hedges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Grover Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Broughton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Emmett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Hoaglin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Convoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Converse Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Stryker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Custar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Milton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Grand Rapids
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- North Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cygnet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allen County (IN)
- Edgerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Creek, see our County-by-County Page for North Creek.
Cemeteries Near North Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Creek.
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 North Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Monroe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kieferville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Emanuels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Township Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mansfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Varner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Isadores Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Varner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 North Creek had a population of 162 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Creek, with the one closest to North Creek listed first.
- Wisterman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wisterman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisterman
- Pleasant Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hector is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Kieferville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rice is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Continental
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bavaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Miller City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Center is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Center
- Ayersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Holgate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cascade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Creek.
Newspapers Published in North Creek ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Creek, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Creek.
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 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 North Creek:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Allen 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 North Creek, 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 from Point A (ie- North Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |