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 Omar (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 Omar. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Omar is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Omar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Omar:
- Seneca County (The home county of Omar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Attica Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Attica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Caroline
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carrothers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Green Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Tiffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Ruggles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Nova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- New Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Chatfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Bucyrus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Robinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Oceola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Galion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Milan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Avery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Venice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Berlinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Bay View
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berlin Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Shinrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- West Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Steuben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hunts Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Celeryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Peru
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Monroeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Norwalk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Olena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Greenwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Morrow County
- Blooming Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Danbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Lacarne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Marblehead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Plymouth
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Maybee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Bellevue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Vickery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Erlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Ballville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Fremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Burgoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Shorewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Kingsway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Wood County
- Risingsun
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Duenquat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Mexico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Omar, see our County-by-County Page for Omar.
Cemeteries Near Omar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Omar.
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 Omar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Omar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Omar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Assumption Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Attica Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boughton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Sebastian Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Caroline Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Underhill 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Omar had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Omar, with the one closest to Omar listed first.
- Siam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Reedtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reedtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
- Scipio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Attica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Relief ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Relief is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Bismarck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bismarck is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Weavers Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
- Havana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Havana is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Fireside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Stephens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Stephens is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Pontiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pontiac is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Omar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Omar.
Newspapers Published in Omar ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Omar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Omar, 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 Omar.
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 Omar:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Morrow County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky 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 Omar, 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- Omar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |