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 Pratts (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 Pratts. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Pratts is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Allen, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Pratts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pratts:
- Hancock County (The home county of Pratts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Vanlue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Mount Blanchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- West Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Findlay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jenera
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- New Stark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benton Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Bluffton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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
- Bucyrus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Dunkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Kenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Pfeiffer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- McGuffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Alger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Henry County
- Deshler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Morral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- La Rue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Gilboa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Pandora
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Townwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Columbus Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ottawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glandorf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Burgoon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Adrian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- McCutchenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Berwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bascom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Tiffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Bloomdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Eagleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- North Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Cygnet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jerry City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Hammansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Risingsun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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
- Six Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bradner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Wharton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Carey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Belle Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Marseilles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Sycamore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Harpster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Duenquat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wyandot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pratts, see our County-by-County Page for Pratts.
Cemeteries Near Pratts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pratts.
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 Pratts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pratts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Five Points Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zion Bloom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Krout Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Blanchard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Siddall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spoon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Van Horn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wentz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frontiers Repose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Castor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Pratts had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pratts, with the one closest to Pratts listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Wharton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Houcktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Houcktown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcktown
- Carey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Patterson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Lovell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Adrian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Dunkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pratts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pratts.
Newspapers Published in Pratts ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pratts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pratts, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pratts.
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 Pratts:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood 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> | 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 Pratts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pratts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |