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 Pemberville (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 Pemberville. 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 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.
Pemberville is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Pemberville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pemberville:
- Wood County (The home county of Pemberville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Luckey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Bradner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Risingsun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Millbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lime City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Six Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Portage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Swanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Assumption
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Findlay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McComb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Colton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- McClure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deshler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Liberty Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Malinta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Maumee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Oregon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Toledo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yondota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Air Line Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Ironville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Bono
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Harbor View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Elmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lacarne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Locust Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Port Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Belmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Burgoon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Kingsway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Stony Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Ballville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Green Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Bettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fostoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Cromers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Fort Seneca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Bascom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Alvada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Tiffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Riegel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Vienna Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Lambertville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Havre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Erie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Temperance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vienna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Luna Pier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Samaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Yargerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Hillcrest Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Orchard is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Orchard
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pemberville, see our County-by-County Page for Pemberville.
Cemeteries Near Pemberville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pemberville.
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 Pemberville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pemberville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Pemberville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eisenhour Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brandeberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Troy Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bradner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pember Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Quinshan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Collins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Pemberville had a population of 843 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pemberville had a population of 1,422 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pemberville, with the one closest to Pemberville listed first.
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodside is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Luckey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scotch Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
- New Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Rochester is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bradner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rollersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rollersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollersville
- Fenton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fenton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Lemoyne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Stony Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Gibsonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Webb ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Webb is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Dunbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbridge
- Sugar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pemberville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pemberville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pemberville ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pemberville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pemberville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pemberville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pemberville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of Pemberville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Pemberville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Monroe 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 Pemberville, 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 from Point A (ie- Pemberville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |