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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 O'Connor Point (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 O'Connor Point. 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 O'Connor Point ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for O'Connor Point: O'Connor Pt.
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.
O'Connor Point is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near O'Connor Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to O'Connor Point:
- Logan County (The home county of O'Connor Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Russells Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Rushsylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Bellefontaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- De Graff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Zanesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Harrod
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Lima
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Bluffton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Conant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Elida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Johns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Fryburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Cridersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wapakoneta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- New Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Minster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Carysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Kingscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- North Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mutual
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- New Stark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Roundhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jumbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- McGuffey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ridgeway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Alger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Huntersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Kenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ada
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Dola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- La Rue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Conover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Jackson Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Montra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Botkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Raymond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Milford Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- Marseilles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to O'Connor Point, see our County-by-County Page for O'Connor Point.
Cemeteries Near O'Connor Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of O'Connor Point.
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 O'Connor Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for O'Connor Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Fry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McGraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Van Horn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johnston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Roundhead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Roundhead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrod Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (503 more) ...
- McKirahan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belle Center Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belle Center Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Belle Center.
- The Belle Center Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40791 <2>
- McArthur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find O'Connor Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of O'Connor Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from O'Connor Point, with the one closest to O'Connor Point listed first.
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Roundhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lewistown is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Belle Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Northwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Northwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- New Hampshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Harper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Yelverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yelverton is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelverton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Jumbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Rushsylvania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around O'Connor Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around O'Connor Point.
Newspapers Published in O'Connor Point ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around O'Connor Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of O'Connor Point, 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 O'Connor Point.
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 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 O'Connor Point:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Marion County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union 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> | 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 O'Connor Point, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- O'Connor Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |