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 Dayton (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 Dayton. 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 Dayton ...
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 Dayton: N. Dayton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Dayton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Dayton.
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 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.
North Dayton is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near North Dayton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Dayton:
- Darke County (The home county of North Dayton)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Lightsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- New Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rossburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- North Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ansonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Brock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Dawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coletown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Frenchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Pikeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Minster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Fort Recovery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wabash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Chickasaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Celina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Bloomer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laura
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piqua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Eldorado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Russia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Laramie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Hardin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Kettlersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Willshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abanaka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coppess Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Blackford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Ridertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Millgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Desoto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Granville is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Former name for Granville:
- Weaton
- Selma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eaton is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,726 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <1>
- Liberty Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Corners is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Henry County (IN)
- Blountsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Salamonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Bluff Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Portland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Antiville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Blaine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Jay City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Pony
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pony is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saratoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Ridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Rural
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Farmland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Arba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Fountain City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitewater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Economy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Phenix
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Reiffsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Vera Cruz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Dayton, see our County-by-County Page for North Dayton.
Cemeteries Near North Dayton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Dayton.
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 Dayton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Dayton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zerby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- St. Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Webster 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.<2>
While we didn't find North Dayton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Dayton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Dayton, with the one closest to North Dayton listed first.
- Rose Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cosmos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cosmos is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos
- Lightsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Fort Recovery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salamonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- New Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wendelin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boundary City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Saint Peter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Peter is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Brice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brice is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saratoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Dayton. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Dayton.
Newspapers Published in North Dayton ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Dayton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Dayton, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Dayton.
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 North Dayton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne County
- Wells 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 North Dayton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Dayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |