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 Roachton (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 Roachton. 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 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 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.
Roachton is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Roachton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roachton:
- Wood County (The home county of Roachton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Perrysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Haskins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Bates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Arbor Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Rossford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tontogany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lemoyne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- The Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Luckey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Swanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Assumption
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Metamora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Siney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Van Buren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McComb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Colton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- McClure
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Deshler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Hamler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holgate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Maumee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Ottawa Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- East Toledo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Toledo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Clay Center
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Curtice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Putnam County
- Belmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Kingsway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Stony Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Ballville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Fostoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Riga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Blissfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Deerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Sand Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Lambertville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Vienna Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Temperance
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Erie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Havre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Yargerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Luna Pier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Orchard is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Orchard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roachton, see our County-by-County Page for Roachton.
Cemeteries Near Roachton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roachton.
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 Roachton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roachton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Meigs Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wakeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakeman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #358946 <2>
- Miltonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Belleville Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hufford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Swan Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Roachton had a population of 20 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roachton, with the one closest to Roachton listed first.
- Waterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hull Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
- Perrysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Haskins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dowling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Monclova
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbridge
- Lime City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Neowash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neowash is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neowash
- Sugar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
- Whitehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fenton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fenton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roachton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roachton.
Newspapers Published in Roachton ...
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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roachton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roachton, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roachton.
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 Roachton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Roachton, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roachton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |