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 Seitz (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 Seitz. 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 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.
Seitz is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Seitz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seitz:
- Putnam County (The home county of Seitz)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Jones City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Kalida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Muntanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Ottoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glandorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Pandora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Dupont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kieferville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Gomer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Scotts Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Elida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Delphos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Landeck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Southworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Conant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Bluffton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Shawnee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Cridersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buckland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Uniopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waynesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Moulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Johns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Marys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Brunersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Mount Cory
(18 miles [29 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
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Jenera
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Stark
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hancock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Findlay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Ada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Dola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roundhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hamler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holgate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deshler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Florida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Malinta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- 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 Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Mendon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Rockford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Mandale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Murat is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murat
- Former names for Murat:
- Hipp's Lock
- Timberville
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Grover Hill
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Fort Brown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Charloe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Hedges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Broughton
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Haviland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Middle Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Venedocia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Converse Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Elgin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Van Wert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ohio City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Convoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Abanaka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Hoytville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Custar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seitz, see our County-by-County Page for Seitz.
Cemeteries Near Seitz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seitz.
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 Seitz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seitz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Ottawa River Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Keirns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clerenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clevenger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Truro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raabe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pike Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (415 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hadding Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Altstaetter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Seitz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seitz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seitz, with the one closest to Seitz listed first.
- Vaughnsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughnsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughnsville
- Rimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Kalida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rushmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rushmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
- Gomer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbus Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Jennings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Avis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Avis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
- Muntanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Scotts Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Huntstown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huntstown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntstown
- Ottoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seitz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seitz.
Newspapers Published in Seitz ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seitz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seitz, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seitz.
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 Seitz:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Wood 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 Seitz, 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 from Point A (ie- Seitz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |