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 Osgood (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 Osgood. 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 and doctors 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.
Osgood is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Osgood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Osgood:
- Darke County (The home county of Osgood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Yorkshire
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Brock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- New Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Versailles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rossburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Ansonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Lightsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Stelvideo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Spencerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Southworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Fort Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Minster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Fryburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Johns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Cridersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- Carysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- De Graff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Chickasaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Coldwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Celina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Macedon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Earley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Wabash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Bloomer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laura
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Fletcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Montgomery County
- Phillipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Fort Laramie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Russia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Dawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Kettlersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Abanaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Ohio City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Venedocia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Schumm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Adams County (IN)
- Geneva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Salamonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Trinity
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Bluff Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Portland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Antiville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Union City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- New Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Winchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Arba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Rural
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Lynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Osgood, see our County-by-County Page for Osgood.
Cemeteries Near Osgood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Osgood.
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 Osgood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Osgood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- St. Martins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mendenhall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Teacup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Speelman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willowdell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walkup Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yoder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Cassella Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maria Stein Convent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Osgood had a population of 242 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Osgood had a population of 282 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Osgood, with the one closest to Osgood listed first.
- Yorkshire
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Steinman ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Steinman is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Delvin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delvin is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delvin
- Strakers ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Strakers is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strakers
- North Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willowdell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willowdell is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdell
- Saint Rosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Rosa is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosa
- Maria Stein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cassella
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cassella is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassella
- Cranberry Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
- Brock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Chickasaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Carthagena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carthagena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthagena
- Minster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 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 Osgood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Osgood.
Newspapers Published in Osgood ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Osgood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Osgood, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Osgood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Osgood:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Jay County
- Randolph 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 Osgood, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Osgood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |