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 Northville (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 Northville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Northville is located in Champaign 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 Champaign County: Clark, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Northville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northville:
- Champaign County (The home county of Northville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Kingscreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mutual
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- North Lewisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Christiansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Santa Fe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Fryburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Tremont City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Dialton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Northridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Eagle City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- New Moorefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Oakwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- North Hampton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Greenlawn Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Villa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Catawba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Roundhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Jumbo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Mount Victory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- West Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Valley Hi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Quincy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefontaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zanesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Middleburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Chuckery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Choctaw Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Plumwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Gillivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Alcony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Piqua
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tipp City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Kessler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Polo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Huber Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Pasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Maplewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Port Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jackson Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Lockington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Botkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Milford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Raymond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- New Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Pharisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- New California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northville, see our County-by-County Page for Northville.
Cemeteries Near Northville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northville.
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 Northville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Idle & Stevens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scott & Pullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snowhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ziegler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hewling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenton Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Kingscreek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kingscreek Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Kingscreek.
- The Kingscreek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kings Creek Cemetery
- Muddy Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, Northville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northville, with the one closest to Northville listed first.
- Lippincott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lippincott is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Kingscreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Crayon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crayon is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayon
- Millerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Nettleton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- West Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hagenbaugh ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hagenbaugh is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagenbaugh
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Saint Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Terre Haute
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cable is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Mingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northville.
Newspapers Published in Northville ...
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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Northville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Clark County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Northville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |