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 Oil Station (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 Oil Station. 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 Oil Station ...
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 Oil Station: Oil Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Oil Station is located in Sandusky 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 Sandusky County: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Seneca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Oil Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oil Station:
- Sandusky County (The home county of Oil Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Erlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Ballville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vickery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Stony Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Shorewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Gabels Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Kingsway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Burgoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Chatfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- North Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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
- Lemert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Tiro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Castalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Avery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Sandusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bogart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Berlinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Huron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- West Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Norwalk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- North Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Collins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Port Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Oak Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gypsum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Elmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Marblehead
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Locust Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Green Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- West Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scipio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Omar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Cromers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Bettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Risingsun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Bradner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Pemberville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Luckey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eagleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Six Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Lemoyne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Millbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Carey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oil Station, see our County-by-County Page for Oil Station.
Cemeteries Near Oil Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oil Station.
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 Oil Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oil Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Raymond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Colwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bakertown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McPherson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- Block Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dana Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Cemetery
- The Dana Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Creek Cemetery
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 Oil Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oil Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oil Station, with the one closest to Oil Station listed first.
- Green Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Colby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fireside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Erlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- West Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Old Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Fort is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Frank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oil Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oil Station.
Newspapers Published in Oil Station ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oil Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oil Station, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oil Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Oil Station:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Sandusky County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Wood 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 Oil Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oil Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |