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 Seamersville (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 Seamersville. 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 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.
Seamersville is located in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County: Adams (IN), Allen (IN), Allen, Auglaize, Mercer, Paulding & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Seamersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seamersville:
- Van Wert County (The home county of Seamersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Hoaglin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Van Wert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Ohio City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Convoy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Glenmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Abanaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Landeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Scotts Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Southworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Gomer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spencerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Conant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Shawnee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Beaverdam
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Buckland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Cridersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wapakoneta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- New Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Ayersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Hicksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Mount Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Holgate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Florida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Mendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rockford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Celina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scudder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Mandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Grover Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Murat ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Melrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Haviland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Oakwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Fort Brown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Broughton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Dague ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Hedges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Charloe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Ottoville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Jones City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Kalida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Continental
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kieferville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Columbus Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glandorf
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Monroeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zulu
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Hoagland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seamersville, see our County-by-County Page for Seamersville.
Cemeteries Near Seamersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seamersville.
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 Seamersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seamersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Hammons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dotson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43193 <2>
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Duncard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard Cemetery
- The Dunkard Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40600 <2>
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fought Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Westside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Seamersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seamersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seamersville, with the one closest to Seamersville listed first.
- Wetsel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wetsel is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetsel
- Ottoville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hoaglin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plumbs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plumbs Cross Roads is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbs Cross Roads
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Grover Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Muntanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Delphos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Cavett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cavett is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavett
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Van Wert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Rushmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seamersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seamersville.
Newspapers Published in Seamersville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seamersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seamersville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seamersville.
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 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 Seamersville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Van Wert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Adams County
- Allen 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 Seamersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seamersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |