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 Painter Creek (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 Painter Creek. 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 Painter Creek ...
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 Painter Creek: Painter Crk. (or less commonly used: Painter Ck. or Painter Cr.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Painter Creek 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 Painter Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Painter Creek:
- Darke County (The home county of Painter Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Pitsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Fort Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Castine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Savona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Wayne Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Minster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Christiansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- New Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Dodo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Crystal Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dialton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- North Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holiday Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Enon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Fairborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Burkettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Fort Recovery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Laura
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ludlow Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Kessler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Polo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Wengerlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Pyrmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Northview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Vandalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Trotwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Paris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Gratis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Russia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Filburns Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Pasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Port Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Spartanburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Haysville Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Rural
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Saratoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Winchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Whitewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Fountain City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Painter Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Painter Creek.
Cemeteries Near Painter Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Painter Creek.
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 Painter Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Painter Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Newcomers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mote Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mote Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pitsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963330 <2>
- Ludlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Potsdam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arcanum Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deeter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Abbottsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ithaca Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Painter Creek had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Painter Creek, with the one closest to Painter Creek listed first.
- Red River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Laura
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Delisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delisle is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Arcanum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jaysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ludlow Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Ellemans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ellemans is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellemans
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Painter Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Painter Creek.
Newspapers Published in Painter Creek ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Painter Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Painter Creek, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Painter Creek.
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 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 Painter Creek:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Greene County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Painter Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Painter Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |