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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sodom. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sodom to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sodom, please Contact Us.
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 Sodom (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 Sodom. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sodom is historic, it would have been located within present day Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Sodom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sodom:
- Miami County (The home county of Sodom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Conover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Casstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Alcony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tipp City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Kessler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Minster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- New Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- New Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Christiansburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Powhattan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Dialton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- New Carlisle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Limestone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Gettysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Versailles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pitsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Poplar Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Stelvideo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Frenchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Arcanum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Brock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Fairborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Pinewood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Russells Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Zanesfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Huber Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Vandalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Phillipsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Lockington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Pasco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Port Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Maplewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Russia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Fort Laramie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sodom, see our County-by-County Page for Sodom.
Cemeteries Near Sodom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sodom.
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 Sodom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sodom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Sodom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johnston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huddleston - Sills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Honey Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Youtsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Casstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (546 more) ...
- Fletcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Sodom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sodom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sodom, with the one closest to Sodom listed first.
- Casstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christiansburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Lena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Alcony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Saint Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ballou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dodo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Dialton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Eldean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- North Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sodom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sodom.
Newspapers Published in Sodom ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sodom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sodom, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sodom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sodom:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sodom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Sodom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |