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 Sharpsburg (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 Sharpsburg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Sharpsburg is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Adams (IN), Jay (IN), Auglaize, Darke, Shelby & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Sharpsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharpsburg:
- Mercer County (The home county of Sharpsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Wendelin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Burkettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Recovery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Wabash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Chickasaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scudder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Celina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allen County
- Spencerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Minster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Moulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wapakoneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- New Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- North Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rossburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Osgood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ansonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Union City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Dawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Frenchtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Pikeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Bloomer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laura
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Fort Laramie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Russia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Filburns Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Kettlersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Botkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Schumm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Willshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Abanaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Ohio City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Converse Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Wren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Converse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Monroe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- Blackford County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Ridertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Millgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millgrove is located in Blackford County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Delaware County (IN)
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Salamonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Trinity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Bluff Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Collett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Antiville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- New Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Union City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Saratoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 734 people
- Stone
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Rural
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Arba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Farmland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Whitewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Phenix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Nottingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Petroleum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Reiffsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Vera Cruz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharpsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Sharpsburg.
Cemeteries Near Sharpsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharpsburg.
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 Sharpsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharpsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Wendelin Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Henry Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (414 more) ...
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zerby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Sharpsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sharpsburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Wendelin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Burkettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- New Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Recovery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Saint Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Peter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Peter is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Philothea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Philothea is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philothea
- Cosmos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cosmos is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmos
- North Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Prairie
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Macedon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Cassella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cassella is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassella
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharpsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharpsburg.
Newspapers Published in Sharpsburg ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharpsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharpsburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharpsburg.
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 Sharpsburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Darke County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert County
- Adams County
- Blackford County
- Delaware County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne County
- Wells 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 Sharpsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sharpsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |