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 Planktown (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 Planktown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Planktown is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Planktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Planktown:
- Richland County (The home county of Planktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Shiloh
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ganges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Forest ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Vernon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Maybee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mansfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Bailey Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Nova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Hayesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Jeromesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rowsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- North Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Tiro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crestline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Galion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Chatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berlinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- North Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Avery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Berlin Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Shinrock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Birmingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Delphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Celeryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Fitchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Steuben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- New London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Rochester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Huntington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Pheasant Run Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Oberlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Martel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- River Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Mount Gilead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- Bellevue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Attica Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Carrothers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Omar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Scipio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- West Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Bloomville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Republic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- West Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Congress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Funk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Aukerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Burbank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Duenquat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Planktown, see our County-by-County Page for Planktown.
Cemeteries Near Planktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Planktown.
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 Planktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Planktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Old Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shiloh Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Shiloh Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- McBride Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42259 <2>
- Hazel Brush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Brush Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Brush Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Shelby.
- Springmill Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ganges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evangelical German Reform Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Township Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Township Cemetery
- The Township Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christian Church Cemetery
- Houfstater Cemetery
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (491 more) ...
- Dunkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delphi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Church Cemetery
- The Shenandoah Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shenandoah Cemetery
- Shenandoah Christian Church Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Planktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Planktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Planktown, with the one closest to Planktown listed first.
- Shiloh
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ganges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Forest ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adario
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adario is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adario
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Vernon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Epworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Olivesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tiro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Toledo Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Planktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Planktown.
Newspapers Published in Planktown ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Planktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Planktown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Planktown.
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 Planktown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Planktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Planktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |