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 Rossburg (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 Rossburg. 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 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 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.
Rossburg 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 Rossburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rossburg:
- Darke County (The home county of Rossburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- New Weston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Brock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- North Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Dawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Osgood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkshire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pikeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Stelvideo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Minster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Saint Marys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Fryburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Burkettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wendelin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Recovery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Macedon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Celina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wabash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Bloomer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laura
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Potsdam
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Kessler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Wengerlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Euphemia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Russia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Laramie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Filburns Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kettlersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Van Wert County
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Salamonia
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Bluff Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Portland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Collett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Antiville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bryant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Union City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- New Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rural
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Arba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Lynn
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Williamsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rossburg, see our County-by-County Page for Rossburg.
Cemeteries Near Rossburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rossburg.
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 Rossburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rossburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- Hoschover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Webster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zerby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kershner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Duvall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ansonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scheidler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holsapple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (426 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Teagarden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Rossburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rossburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rossburg, with the one closest to Rossburg listed first.
- New Weston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Ansonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Brock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Burkettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Dawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Elroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Beamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beamsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beamsville
- Delvin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delvin is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delvin
- Woodington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodington is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Strakers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Strakers is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strakers
- Cosmos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cosmos is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos
- Wendelin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rossburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rossburg.
Newspapers Published in Rossburg ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rossburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rossburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rossburg.
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 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 Rossburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Rossburg, 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- Rossburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |