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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about North Ridgeville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added North Ridgeville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with North Ridgeville, please Contact Us.
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 Ridgeville (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 Ridgeville. 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 Ridgeville ...
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 Ridgeville: N. Ridgeville
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Ridgeville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Ridgeville.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of North Ridgeville is historic, it would have been located within present day Hancock 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 Hancock County: Allen, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near North Ridgeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Ridgeville:
- Hancock County (The home county of North Ridgeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Hancock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Van Buren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rawson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Findlay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Jenera
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gomer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Scotts Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Ayersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Ada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McGuffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- McVitty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Deshler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hamler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Malinta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McClure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Holgate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Florida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Liberty Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Napoleon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Oakwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Mandale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Charloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Townwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Gilboa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ottawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pandora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Glandorf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miller City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Columbus Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Fostoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- New Riegel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adrian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bascom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- North Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Custar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milton Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Hammansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Bairdstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Cygnet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bloomdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eagleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Portage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Carey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Ridgeville, see our County-by-County Page for North Ridgeville.
Cemeteries Near North Ridgeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Ridgeville.
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 Ridgeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Ridgeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Horn Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McComb Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Belmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Schwartz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- McConnel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Cemetery
- The Blanchard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Ridge Cemetery
- Maidlow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find North Ridgeville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Ridgeville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Ridgeville, with the one closest to North Ridgeville listed first.
- Shawtown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Hancock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Townwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Deweyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deweyville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- McComb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Deshler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Leipsic Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Portage Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portage Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Center
- Gilboa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chase is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Ridgeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Ridgeville.
Newspapers Published in North Ridgeville ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Ridgeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Ridgeville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Ridgeville.
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 North Ridgeville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ridgeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- North Ridgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |