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 Rossville (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 Rossville. 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 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.
Rossville is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Rossville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rossville:
- Miami County (The home county of Rossville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Piqua
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Casstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Conover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Minster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Santa Fe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Moulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Marys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Saint Johns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Wapakoneta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Christiansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Powhattan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Dodo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Dialton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- New Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Enon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Gettysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Versailles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Stelvideo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Yorkshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pitsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Brock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Osgood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Abbottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Arcanum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Fairborn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Quincy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russells Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Chickasaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Wendelin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Northview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Sulphur Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Wengerlawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Hooks Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Verona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Lockington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Laramie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Anna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Maplewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Kettlersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Haysville Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rossville, see our County-by-County Page for Rossville.
Cemeteries Near Rossville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rossville.
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 Rossville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rossville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McKinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Razer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garby Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garby Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Priest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Old Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miami Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Rossville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rossville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rossville, with the one closest to Rossville listed first.
- Piqua
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Lockington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Kirkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Eldean
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Covington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Depew
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rossville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rossville.
Newspapers Published in Rossville ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rossville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rossville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rossville.
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 Rossville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph 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 Rossville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rossville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |