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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 Paulding (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 Paulding. 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 Paulding ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Paulding was referred to as Paulding Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Paulding. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Paulding.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Paulding is located in Paulding County and is the County Seat.
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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Paulding. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paulding:
- Paulding County (The home county of Paulding)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Latty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Broughton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Cecil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Emmett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Worstville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Charloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Antwerp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Delphos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Sherwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hicksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ayersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Fulton County
- Archbold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Holgate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Elery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Hamler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Malinta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Hartsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Dupont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continental
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Muntanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Kieferville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Ottoville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Jennings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Glandorf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jones City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Scott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Convoy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Van Wert
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Venedocia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Wren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abanaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Converse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Bryan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Stryker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blakeslee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Edgerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Woodburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Harlan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Grabill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Leo-Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoagland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Saint Joe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paulding, see our County-by-County Page for Paulding.
Cemeteries Near Paulding ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paulding.
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 Paulding - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paulding covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Live Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Paulding Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upthegrove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apostolic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hedges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ankney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Township Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Kinzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snellenbarger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Paulding had a population of 1,879 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Paulding had a population of 3,414 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Reids ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reids is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Broughton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Cecil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Worstville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Emmett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Goodwin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Charloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Payne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Antwerp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paulding. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paulding.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Paulding ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paulding.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Paulding. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Paulding and those printed in the larger area surrounding Paulding.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Paulding.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Paulding:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb 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 Paulding, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Paulding) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |