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 Rose Hill (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 Rose Hill. 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 northeast 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 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.
Rose Hill is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Rose Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rose Hill:
- Darke County (The home county of Rose Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Lightsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- New Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rossburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ansonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Brock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Dawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Frenchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Osgood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coletown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletown
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Minster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Bremen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Burkettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Fort Recovery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Wabash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Celina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Bloomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Pleasant Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Laura
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Ludlow Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Russia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Laramie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Kettlersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Schumm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Willshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Blackford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Ridertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Millgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Delaware County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Desoto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Desoto is located in Delaware County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Salamonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Bluff Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Portland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Collett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Trinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Antiville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Pony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pony is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Haysville Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Saratoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Spartanburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Rural
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Arba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Farmland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Economy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rose Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Rose Hill.
Cemeteries Near Rose Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rose Hill.
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 Rose Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rose Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- New Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zerby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Webster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoschover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Hoover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McFarland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Teagarden 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rose Hill had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Lightsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Cosmos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cosmos is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos
- New Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Elroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Fort Recovery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- North Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salamonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hill Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hill Grove is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Woodington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodington is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodington
- Brock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rose Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rose Hill.
Newspapers Published in Rose Hill ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rose Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rose Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Rose Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne County
- Wells 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> | 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 Rose Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rose Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |