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 Plattsville (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 Plattsville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Plattsville is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Plattsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plattsville:
- Shelby County (The home county of Plattsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Pasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sidney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Anna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Montra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Jackson Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Minster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- New Bremen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Johns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Waynesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Moulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Carysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Westville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- North Lewisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Dialton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Carlisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Donnelsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Northridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Crystal Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Greenlawn Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Versailles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gettysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Osgood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Stelvideo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Dawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pitsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pikeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Greene County
- Fairborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Roundhead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Russells Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Chickasaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Burkettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Conover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Lena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alcony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Huber Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Vandalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Northridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plattsville, see our County-by-County Page for Plattsville.
Cemeteries Near Plattsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plattsville.
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 Plattsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plattsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Plattsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Dunkard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Orange Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sturm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Sidney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41108 <2>
- Medaris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (539 more) ...
- Rusk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Plattsville had a population of 134 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plattsville, with the one closest to Plattsville listed first.
- Depew
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Ballou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Tawawa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tawawa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawawa
- Pemberton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Carysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Conover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Sidney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lockington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Saint Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plattsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plattsville.
Newspapers Published in Plattsville ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plattsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plattsville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plattsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Plattsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery 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 Plattsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plattsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |