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 Slabtown (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 Slabtown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Slabtown is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam & Van Wert.
Below are the counties that are near Slabtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slabtown:
- Allen County (The home county of Slabtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Beaverdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Elida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Shawnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Bluffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Cridersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Uniopolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Waynesfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Buckland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Saint Johns
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Wapakoneta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Fryburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Santa Fe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Moulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- New Knoxville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Mount Cory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- New Stark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Jenera
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 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 northeast)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Williamstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 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
- McComb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Blanchard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Ada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(15 miles [24.1 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Roundhead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dunkirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Kenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McVitty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Pleasant Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- New Bavaria
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Deshler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Russells Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belle Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rushsylvania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Earley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Mandale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Murat ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Grover Hill
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Charloe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Columbus Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jones City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Rimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Pandora
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Ottawa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Jennings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kalida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glandorf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gilboa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ottoville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Botkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jackson Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Montra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Kettlersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Converse Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Converse Station is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse Station
- Converse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Middle Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Venedocia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Venedocia is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedocia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Elgin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Hoaglin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ohio City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slabtown, see our County-by-County Page for Slabtown.
Cemeteries Near Slabtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slabtown.
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 Slabtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slabtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- Blue Lick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sproat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tony Nose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wallet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lewis Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berrynill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Lima Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bressler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Slabtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slabtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slabtown, with the one closest to Slabtown listed first.
- West Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allentown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Yoder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yoder is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Elida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Harrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vaughnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughnsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughnsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Warsaw is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warsaw
- Kemp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Slabtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slabtown.
Newspapers Published in Slabtown ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slabtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slabtown, 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 Slabtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Slabtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Logan County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Slabtown, 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' (or 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- Slabtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |