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 Spore (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 Spore. 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.
Spore is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Spore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spore:
- Crawford County (The home county of Spore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Broken Sword
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Lemert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Bucyrus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- North Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- New Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Galion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Norton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Vanlue
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Mount Blanchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McVitty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Pfeiffer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Celeryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Delphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- North Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Peru
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Morral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Martel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(24 miles [38.6 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
- New Bloomington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- La Rue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Newmans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Waldo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Iberia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Blooming Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cardington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Forest ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shelby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Maybee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ganges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Alta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Bellevue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burgoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Melmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Carrothers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McCutchenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Attica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Scipio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Attica Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Adrian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Republic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tiffin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Upper Sandusky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Harpster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kirby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marseilles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wharton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spore, see our County-by-County Page for Spore.
Cemeteries Near Spore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spore.
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 Spore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Bucyrus.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278734 <3>
- Oceola #1 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola #3 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola #2 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword Cemetery
- The Broken Sword Cemetery has also been known as:
- Albright Cemetery
- Brokensword Cemetery
- German Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tiffin Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nevada Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Seery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Spore had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spore, with the one closest to Spore listed first.
- Oceola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Glenville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Broken Sword
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Lemert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brandywine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brandywine is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine
- Seal
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seal is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal
- Deunquat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deunquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deunquat
- Plankton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
- Chatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Lykens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Douglass ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Douglass is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Sycamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spore.
Newspapers Published in Spore ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spore, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spore.
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 either 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 Spore:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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> | 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- Spore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Spore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |