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 Richfield Center (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 Richfield Center. 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 Richfield Center ...
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 Richfield Center: Richfield Ctr. (or less commonly used: Richfield Cen., Richfield Cent. or Richfield Cntr.)
You might see Richfield Centre instead of Richfield Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Richfield Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richfield Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Richfield Center is located in Lucas 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 Lucas County: Lenawee (MI), Monroe (MI), Fulton, Henry, Ottawa & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Richfield Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richfield Center:
- Lucas County (The home county of Richfield Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Berkey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Sharples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Sylvania
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Wernerts Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wernerts Corners is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wernerts Corners
- Whitehouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maumee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Air Line Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Waterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Assumption
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Metamora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Ai
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Lytton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Swanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Siney ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Colton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McClure
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Malinta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Elery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Okolona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Curtice
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clay Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Martin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky County
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Bates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Perrysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Rossford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lime City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Northwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tontogany
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dowling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Grand Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lemoyne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- Prattville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Riga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Ogden Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Blissfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Palmyra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Deerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wellsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Weston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Holloway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Sand Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Lambertville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Samaria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Temperance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Vienna Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Lulu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Erie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Federman ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Federman is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Yargerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Diann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Diann is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richfield Center, see our County-by-County Page for Richfield Center.
Cemeteries Near Richfield Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richfield Center.
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 Richfield Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richfield Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- St. Elizabeths Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west of Toledo.
- The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marygrove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170173 <3>
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Berkey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amboy Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Porta Coeli Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ravine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Toledo Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (348 more) ...
- Ai Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Richards Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Richfield Center had a population of 288 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richfield Center, with the one closest to Richfield Center listed first.
- Berkey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Mitchaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mitchaw is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchaw
- Sylvania
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Metamora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ai
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richards ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richards is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Riga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- South Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Fairfield is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fairfield
- Siney ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Monclova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Whiteford Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteford Center is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteford Center
- Ogden Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Blissfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richfield Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richfield Center.
Newspapers Published in Richfield Center ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richfield Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richfield Center, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richfield Center.
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 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 Richfield Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lucas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Ottawa County
- Sandusky 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Richfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Richfield Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |