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 Stephens (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 Stephens. 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 Stephens ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Saint Stephens: St. Stephens
- While the name of this community is Saint Stephens, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Saint Stephens may originally have been Saint Stephen's.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Saint Stephens might be written as Saint Stephen.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Stephens. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Stephens.
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 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.
Saint Stephens is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Stephens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Stephens:
- Seneca County (The home county of Saint Stephens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Carrothers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Bloomville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Attica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Attica Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Omar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- West Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Tiffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Ashland County
- Ruggles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- North Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Tiro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bucyrus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oceola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- North Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Galion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Milan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Venice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Berlinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Bogart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- West Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Celeryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coble Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hunts Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Delphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- North Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Monroeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Norwalk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Martel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Ruth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Forest ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shelby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Maybee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Shenandoah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Ontario
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Bellevue
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Ballville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Burgoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Erlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Fremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vickery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Gabels Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Shorewood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- Risingsun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Duenquat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Mexico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Upper Sandusky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Carey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harpster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Stephens, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Stephens.
Cemeteries Near Saint Stephens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Stephens.
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 Stephens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Stephens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Windfall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
- The Chatfield Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brillhart Cemetery
- North Union Cemetery
- Tabor Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162040 <3>
- Buchman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Baseline Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caroline Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Bloomville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Saint Stephens had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Stephens, with the one closest to Saint Stephens listed first.
- Carrothers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Attica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lykens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Siam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Siam is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Scipio
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- New Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockaway is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Plankton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Broken Sword
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Relief ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Relief is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Omar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Stephens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Stephens.
Newspapers Published in Saint Stephens ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Stephens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Stephens, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Stephens.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Saint Stephens:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Stephens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Stephens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |