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 Sherwood Forest (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 Sherwood Forest. 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 Sherwood Forest ...
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 Sherwood Forest: Sherwood Frst.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sherwood Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherwood Forest.
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 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.
Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest:
- Auglaize County (The home county of Sherwood Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Wapakoneta
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Cridersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Uniopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Fryburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Johns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- New Knoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Waynesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- New Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Fort Shawnee
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Conant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Spencerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lima
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Southworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Westminster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Scotts Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Gomer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harrod
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Landeck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Champaign County
- Carysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Osgood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Frenchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- New Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rossburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County
- New Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Roundhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McGuffey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Ada
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Huntersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Dola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Russells Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- De Graff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Bellefontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Mendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Celina
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Montezuma
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Earley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Mercer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Coldwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rockford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burkettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scudder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Polo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Piqua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- Mandale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Jones City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Fort Jennings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Columbus Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ottoville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kalida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Muntanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Pandora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Cloverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Ottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Botkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kettlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Montra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Filburns Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Maplewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Fort Laramie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Port Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Sidney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Converse Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Venedocia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Van Wert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Hoaglin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Schumm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Sherwood Forest.
Cemeteries Near Sherwood Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherwood Forest.
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 Sherwood Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherwood Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wapakoneta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40752 <2>
- Crow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stevely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Julion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jacob Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Wisely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Sherwood Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherwood Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Wapakoneta
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buckland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Cridersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hume
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hume is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Glynwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glynwood is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glynwood
- Fryburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Saint Johns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- New Knoxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Botkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kossuth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kossuth is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Saint Marys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Conant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Kemp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kemp is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherwood Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwood Forest.
Newspapers Published in Sherwood Forest ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherwood Forest, 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 Sherwood Forest.
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 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 Sherwood Forest:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Auglaize County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Champaign County
- Darke County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Van Wert 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 Sherwood Forest, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherwood Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |