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 Sandy Beach (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 Sandy Beach. 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 Sandy Beach ...
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 Sandy Beach: Sandy Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sandy Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Beach.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sandy Beach is located in Auglaize 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 Auglaize County: Allen, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Beach:
- Auglaize County (The home county of Sandy Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Saint Marys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- New Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Minster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wapakoneta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fryburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Cridersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Spencerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Southworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Landeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Fort Shawnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Scotts Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Delphos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Lima
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Frenchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Rossburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Dawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Ansonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Lakeview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Russells Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Celina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Chickasaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mendon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Wabash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Bloomer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Piqua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Fort Jennings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jones City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Ottoville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Kettlersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Fort Laramie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Botkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Ohio City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Glenmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Schumm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Van Wert
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coppess Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Jay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Salamonia
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Bryant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Antiville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Boundary City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Portland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Beach.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Beach.
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 Sandy Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Benner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Marys.
- The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elm View Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40712 <2>
- Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Marys.
- The Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gethsemane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41044 <2>
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oldtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Neptune Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Botkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Long Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hankin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Sandy Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Beach, with the one closest to Sandy Beach listed first.
- Saint Marys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neptune
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Celina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Glynwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glynwood is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glynwood
- Sebastian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian
- Chickasaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Carthagena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carthagena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthagena
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Maria Stein
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mendon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kossuth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Beach.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Beach ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Beach, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Beach.
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 helpful 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 Sandy Beach:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Auglaize County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Darke County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Jay 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 Sandy Beach, 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- Sandy Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |