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 Port Jefferson (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 Port Jefferson. 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 Port Jefferson ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Port Jefferson: Prt. Jefferson
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Port Jefferson. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Port Jefferson.
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.
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.
Port Jefferson 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 Port Jefferson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Jefferson:
- Shelby County (The home county of Port Jefferson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Pasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Jackson Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Botkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kettlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Dawson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Fort Shawnee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Harrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spencerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Santa Fe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Fryburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Minster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Bremen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Wapakoneta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Uniopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Waynesfield
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Marys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Carysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mutual
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Dialton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Tremont City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Northridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Donnelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Greenlawn Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Crystal Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Osgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Versailles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Brock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Gettysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- North Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Stelvideo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Rossburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ansonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- New Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Roundhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Alger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Quincy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- De Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- 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
- Belle Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Chickasaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Celina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Fletcher
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Piqua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Casstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Covington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Alcony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Van Wert County
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Jefferson, see our County-by-County Page for Port Jefferson.
Cemeteries Near Port Jefferson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Jefferson.
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 Port Jefferson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Jefferson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Glen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Staley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Medaris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ward Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lenox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (528 more) ...
- Graceland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Old St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Port Jefferson had a population of 397 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Port Jefferson had a population of 358 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Jefferson, with the one closest to Port Jefferson listed first.
- Pemberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Sidney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Depew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Plattsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Quincy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Anna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Tawawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tawawa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawawa
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Jackson Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kirkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ballou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- De Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloom Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Jefferson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Jefferson.
Newspapers Published in Port Jefferson ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Jefferson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Jefferson, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Jefferson.
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 websites either 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 Port Jefferson:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Van Wert 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 Port Jefferson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |