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 Saint Joseph (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 Saint Joseph. 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 Saint Joseph ...
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 Saint Joseph: St. Joseph
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Joseph. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Joseph.
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.
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 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.
Saint Joseph is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Adams (IN), Jay (IN), Auglaize, Darke, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Joseph. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Joseph:
- Mercer County (The home county of Saint Joseph)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Fort Recovery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Macedon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Wendelin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Saint Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wabash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Montezuma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Chickasaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Celina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Minster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wapakoneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- New Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- North Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Union City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Dawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Frenchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Bloomer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Fort Laramie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Kettlersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lockington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Schumm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Willshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Abanaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Wren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Venedocia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Pleasant Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coppess Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Honduras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blackford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Ridertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Millgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Montpelier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (IN)
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Salamonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Trinity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Boundary City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Portland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Antiville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Collett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Blaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Greene
(18 miles [29 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 Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saratoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Rural
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Farmland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Phenix
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Reiffsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Vera Cruz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Keystone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Poneto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poneto is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Craigville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Travisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Travisville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Joseph, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Joseph.
Cemeteries Near Saint Joseph ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Joseph.
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 Saint Joseph - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Joseph covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Wendelin Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- St. Henry Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Saint Joseph in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Joseph.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Joseph, with the one closest to Saint Joseph listed first.
- Saint Peter
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saint Peter is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Fort Recovery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Macedon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Wendelin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Philothea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Philothea is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philothea
- Saint Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Erastus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Erastus is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Padua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Padua is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salamonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- New Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burkettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Rose Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cranberry Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
- Wabash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Joseph. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Joseph.
Newspapers Published in Saint Joseph ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Joseph.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Joseph, 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 Saint Joseph.
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 Saint Joseph:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Jay County
- Randolph 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 Saint Joseph, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Joseph) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |