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 Prentiss (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 Prentiss. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Prentiss is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Prentiss. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prentiss:
- Putnam County (The home county of Prentiss)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- West Leipsic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Miller City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilboa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Kieferville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Continental
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kalida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Bluffton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Gomer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Elida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Scotts Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Delphos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Landeck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Ayersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Sherwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Wauseon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Archbold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Benton Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Mount Cory
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Findlay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Jenera
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Ada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Hamler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deshler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holgate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Pleasant Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Elery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Malinta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- McClure
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Florida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Napoleon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Okolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Mandale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Charloe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Fort Brown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Grover Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Hedges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Hoaglin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Hoytville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Hammansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- North Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cygnet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Portage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Tontogany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prentiss, see our County-by-County Page for Prentiss.
Cemeteries Near Prentiss ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prentiss.
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 Prentiss - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prentiss covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Belmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marion Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McConnel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Belmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Cemetery
- The Blanchard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Ridge Cemetery
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Prentiss in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prentiss.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prentiss, with the one closest to Prentiss listed first.
- West Leipsic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Leipsic Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Elm Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Center is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Center
- Hamler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miller City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Deshler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Holgate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Bavaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Glandorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prentiss. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prentiss.
Newspapers Published in Prentiss ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prentiss.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prentiss, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prentiss.
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 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 Prentiss:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Wood 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 Prentiss, 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- Prentiss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |