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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Reids. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Reids to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Reids, please Contact Us.
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 Reids (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 Reids. 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 Reids ...
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.
While the name of this community is Reids, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Reids may originally have been Reid's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reids. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reids.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Reids is historic, it would have been located within present day Paulding 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 Paulding County: Allen (IN), Defiance, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Reids. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reids:
- Paulding County (The home county of Reids)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Emmett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Cecil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Paulding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Broughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Latty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Charloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Antwerp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Delphos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Gomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Sherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hicksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ayersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Archbold
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Burlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Holgate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Elery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Malinta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Hartsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Continental
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kieferville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Muntanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kalida
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glandorf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Convoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Van Wert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Middle Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Venedocia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Glenmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abanaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Melbern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Stryker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Blakeslee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Kunkle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Edgerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Woodburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harlan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Zulu
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Grabill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Monroeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hoagland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Saint Joe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spencerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Alvarado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reids, see our County-by-County Page for Reids.
Cemeteries Near Reids ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reids.
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 Reids - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reids covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Township Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ankney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Paulding Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Upthegrove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Renollet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Junction Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Reids itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reids, with the one closest to Reids listed first.
- Emmett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Paulding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cecil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Ashwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashwood is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
- The Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bend is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bend
- Sherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Broughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Charloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Goodwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Worstville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Dague ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reids. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reids.
Newspapers Published in Reids ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reids.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reids, 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 Reids.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Reids:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Paulding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Reids, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reids) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |