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 Palestine (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 Palestine. 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.
Palestine 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 Palestine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Palestine:
- Darke County (The home county of Palestine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Nashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Long
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Fort Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Wayne Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Hollansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- New Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coletown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Arcanum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Castine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Auglaize County
- Minster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Burkettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Fort Recovery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Macedon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Chickasaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laura
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Potsdam
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Bloomer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- West Covington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Covington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Polo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Kessler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Wengerlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Phillipsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Brookville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Airhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Euphemia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Ingomar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Fort Laramie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Filburns Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Delaware County (IN)
- Selma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Blountsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Mooreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mooreland is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Messick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Messick is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick
- New Lisbon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Lisbon is located in Henry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Boundary City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Salamonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bluff Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Portland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Spartanburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Haysville Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Union City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Rural
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Bloomingport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Stone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Union County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Yankee Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town
- Goodwins Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Union County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Whitewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Webster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Spring Grove
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Economy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Greens Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Palestine, see our County-by-County Page for Palestine.
Cemeteries Near Palestine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Palestine.
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 Palestine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Palestine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Palestine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nashville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dininger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Heller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpeye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clemens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
While we didn't find Palestine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Palestine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Palestine, with the one closest to Palestine listed first.
- Baker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Glen Karn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Karn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Karn
- Long
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Hollansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Fort Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- New Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Savona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- Mount Heron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
- Crete
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crete is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Arba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
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- Jaysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jaysville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaysville
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bartonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bartonia is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Palestine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palestine.
Newspapers Published in Palestine ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Palestine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Palestine, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Palestine.
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 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 Palestine:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Delaware County
- Henry County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Union 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> | 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 Palestine, 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- Palestine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |