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 Raker Corners (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 Raker Corners. 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 Raker Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Raker Corners: Raker Cors.
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 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.
Raker Corners is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hillsdale (MI), Lenawee (MI), Henry, Lucas & Williams.
Below are the counties that are near Raker Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Raker Corners:
- Fulton County (The home county of Raker Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Swanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ai
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Lytton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Wauseon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Assumption
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oakshade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Jewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Brunersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McClure
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Napoleon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Elery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Okolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Hamler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holgate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deshler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Whitehouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sharples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Berkey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Sylvania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Air Line Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Belmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Townwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- West Leipsic
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Miller City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Stryker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Unity
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alvordton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kunkle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bryan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Holiday City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tontogany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Custar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perrysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- The Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Dowling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Bowling Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Lime City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Arbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Waldron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Prattville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Lickly Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Ogden Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Morenci
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- North Morenci
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Seneca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Blissfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Munson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Canandaigua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Lambertville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Temperance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Samaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Lulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Raker Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Raker Corners.
Cemeteries Near Raker Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raker Corners.
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 Raker Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Raker Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Raker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Keen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Delta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mohler - Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heath - Colton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Berkebile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion UMC Cemetery
- The Zion UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Cemetery
- Zion Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44276 <2>
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Raker Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raker Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Raker Corners, with the one closest to Raker Corners listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Neapolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Texas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Texas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Winameg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winameg is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winameg
- Ai
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Siney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Wauseon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ottokee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ottokee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottokee
- Grand Rapids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McClure
(11 miles [17.7 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 Raker Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Raker Corners.
Newspapers Published in Raker Corners ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raker Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raker Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Raker Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Raker Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Putnam County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe 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 Raker Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Raker Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |