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 Smithville (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 Smithville. 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 doctors 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.
Smithville is located in Wyandot 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 Wyandot County: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Smithville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smithville:
- Wyandot County (The home county of Smithville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Upper Sandusky
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Nevada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Wharton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Marseilles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Bucyrus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- North Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Galion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crestline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Vanlue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- West Independence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Mount Blanchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Findlay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jenera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Stark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Dola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Victory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Celeryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Morral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Ruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- New Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Caledonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Rue
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Martel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Green Camp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Forest ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vernon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Burgoon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Ballville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Adrian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Melmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- New Riegel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alvada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Tiffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bascom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carrothers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Cromers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Republic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Bloomdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Risingsun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Bairdstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- West Millgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- North Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smithville, see our County-by-County Page for Smithville.
Cemeteries Near Smithville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smithville.
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 Smithville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smithville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Smithville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stalter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cutting Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ulrich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Curlis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Infirmary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nine Oaks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas Cemetery
- The Haas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Run Cemetery
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 Smithville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smithville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Seal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seal is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal
- Tymochtee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tymochtee is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tymochtee
- Sycamore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Upper Sandusky
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Douglass ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Douglass is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Deunquat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deunquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deunquat
- Lovell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nevada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lemert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Plankton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smithville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smithville.
Newspapers Published in Smithville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smithville, 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 Smithville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Smithville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wyandot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Smithville, 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 from Point A (ie- Smithville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |