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 Otterbein (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 Otterbein. 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 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.
Otterbein is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Otterbein. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Otterbein:
- Hardin County (The home county of Otterbein)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jumbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dunkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Harrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Waynesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Santa Fe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mingo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Oceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Meredith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Norton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Williamstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Mount Blanchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Stark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Cory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- West Mansfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Marl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- New Richland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zanesfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middleburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bellefontaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Russells Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- La Rue
(6 miles [9.7 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
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Ruth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Morral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Waldo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Shawtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Adrian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Jackson Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Summersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pharisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Marysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Marseilles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harpster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Upper Sandusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Otterbein, see our County-by-County Page for Otterbein.
Cemeteries Near Otterbein ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otterbein.
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 Otterbein - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Otterbein covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Otterbein Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Victory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lynn Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schertzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schertzer Cemetery
- The Schertzer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Bohner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bonner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Vesey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Otterbein in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Otterbein.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Otterbein, with the one closest to Otterbein listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Marshs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshs
- Hepburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Ridgeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- La Rue
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Arbela
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arbela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbela
- DeCliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
- Byhalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Byhalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Silver Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Marseilles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Yelverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yelverton is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelverton
- Rushsylvania
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Otterbein. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otterbein.
Newspapers Published in Otterbein ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Otterbein.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Otterbein, 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 Otterbein.
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 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 Otterbein:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Seneca 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 Otterbein, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otterbein) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |