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 Spring Mill (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 Spring Mill. 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 Spring Mill ...
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 Spring Mill: Spring Ml. (or less commonly used: Spring Mll.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Mill.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Spring Mill is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Mill:
- Richland County (The home county of Spring Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Ontario
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maybee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Vernon Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Alta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Hanley Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olivesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Mifflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Perrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- McKay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Jeromesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Loudonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Crestline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Galion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- North Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Delphi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Celeryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- North Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Fredericktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nunda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Dorema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Jelloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Green Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Huntington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Martel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Medina County
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shawtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Carrothers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Omar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Bloomville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Melmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- West Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Funk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Lattasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- New Pittsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- West Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Congress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Millbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Nevada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Duenquat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Mill.
Cemeteries Near Spring Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Mill.
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 Spring Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Springmill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springmill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springmill Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mansfield.
- The Springmill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Leppo Cemetery
- Spring Mill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155572 <3>
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mansfield Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ohio State Reformatory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zeiter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boyce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coltman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (492 more) ...
- German Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Webster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Spring Mill had a population of 23 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Mill, with the one closest to Spring Mill listed first.
- Toledo Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Ontario
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mansfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shelby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Epworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pavonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Steam Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Steam Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Corners
- Olivesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Paradise Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paradise Hill is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Mill.
Newspapers Published in Spring Mill ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Mill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Mill.
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 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 Spring Mill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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 '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- Spring Mill) 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 Spring Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |