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 Smith Corners (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 Smith Corners. 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 Smith Corners ...
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 Smith Corners: Smith Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smith Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smith Corners.
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 northeast 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 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.
Smith Corners is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Smith Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith Corners:
- Marion County (The home county of Smith Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Waldo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newmans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Martel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- New Bloomington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Galion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bucyrus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Oceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Leesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Norton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Ashley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Meredith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Leonardsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Radnor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Paget ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Flint ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Westerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dublin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Central College ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Lamb Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Worthington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blendon Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Huber Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Minerva Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Riverlea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Mount Victory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Mount Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Batemantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Dorema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Five Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Bangs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Fredericktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Lock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Johnstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- West Mansfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Middleburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Plain City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Chuckery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Westfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shawtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vails Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Magnetic Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pharisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- New Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Summersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Jerome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Marysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New California
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Raymond
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Unionville Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Wyandot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Smith Corners.
Cemeteries Near Smith Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Corners.
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 Smith Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Wyatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waldo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Norton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norton Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Waldo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226039 <2>
- Peak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Collmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Klingle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Winsor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winsor Cemetery
- The Winsor Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Oxford Cemetery
- Windsor Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44049 <2>
- Westfield Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Idleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Berringer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Augenstein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Smith Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Waldo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Westfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Ashley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Leonardsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Owens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cardington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kilbourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourne is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne
- Green Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Delaware
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Corners.
Newspapers Published in Smith Corners ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Corners, 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 Smith Corners.
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 helpful 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 Smith Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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> | 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- Smith Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Smith Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |