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 Owens (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 Owens. 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.
Owens is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Owens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owens:
- Marion County (The home county of Owens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Green Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Logan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- New Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Martel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Oceola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Lemert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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
- Leesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Crestline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Kerr Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Meredith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Ashley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Dublin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flint ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Lamb Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Amlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Worthington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Mount Victory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Kenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Centerburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batemantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Dorema
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Mount Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- West Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Middleburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushsylvania
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Valley Hi
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Zanesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Plain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chuckery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Shawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Westfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Cardington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Iberia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Vails Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Chesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Richwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- New Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Raymond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Wyandot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Marseilles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nevada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Kirby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Wharton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Owens, see our County-by-County Page for Owens.
Cemeteries Near Owens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owens.
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 Owens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Schweinfurth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Markel - Kirts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mounts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nickerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wolfinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Camp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rupp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (508 more) ...
- Rayl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Augenstein Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Owens had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Green Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Longville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Norton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Logan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Espyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Espyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espyville
- Richwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Radnor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Westfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- DeCliff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owens.
Newspapers Published in Owens ...
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 Owens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owens, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owens.
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 either 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 Owens:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Morrow 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> | 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 Owens, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Owens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |