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 Woodbury (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 Woodbury. 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 Woodbury ...
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 Woodbury: N. Woodbury
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Woodbury. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Woodbury.
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 hospitals and doctors 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 Woodbury is located in Morrow 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 Morrow County: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near North Woodbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Woodbury:
- Morrow County (The home county of North Woodbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- West Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Blooming Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Edison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Shawtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Perrysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Loudonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McKay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Galion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Tiro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bucyrus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Chatfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Ashley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Leonardsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- South Condit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Norton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Celeryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Delphi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- New Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Batemantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Fredericktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Nunda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Mount Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Mount Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Lock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Highwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Way ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Martel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Waldo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Green Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Morral
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Hanley Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maybee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mansfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- Funk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Wyandot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Woodbury, see our County-by-County Page for North Woodbury.
Cemeteries Near North Woodbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Woodbury.
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 Woodbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Woodbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Old Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shauck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Owl Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Levering Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering Cemetery
- The Levering Cemetery has also been known as:
- Waterford Cemetery
- Darlington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pulaskiville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haldeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yankee Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peace Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Woodbury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Woodbury.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Woodbury, with the one closest to North Woodbury listed first.
- Darlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Pulaskiville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaskiville is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaskiville
- Bangorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bangorville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangorville
- Steam Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Mount Gilead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fredericktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ankenytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ankenytown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankenytown
- Saint James
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Edison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Galion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Woodbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Woodbury.
Newspapers Published in North Woodbury ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Woodbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Woodbury, 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 Woodbury.
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 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 Woodbury:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Morrow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Marion County
- Richland County
- Wayne County
- Wyandot 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 Woodbury, 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 from Point A (ie- North Woodbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |