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Welcome to Seal ...

Seal is located in Wyandot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Seal is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Seal lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Seal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Seal - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Seal.

Communities near Seal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Seal.

  • Marion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Tiffin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bucyrus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Upper Sandusky
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Carey is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carey <3>
  • Forest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • New Washington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bloomville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Attica
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sycamore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Seal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Seal.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Seal. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seal.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Seal. See our Newspapers Page for Seal.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seal ...

Looking for more information about Seal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Seal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Seal.

Adding Seal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seal in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Seal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Seal post office opened in 1850. The Seal post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Wyandot, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/