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 Springville (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 Springville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Springville is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Springville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springville:
- Seneca County (The home county of Springville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Alvada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bascom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tiffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Cromers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Fort Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Allen County
- Bluffton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Chatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- West Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Blanchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Findlay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Forest
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Dunkirk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Pfeiffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Henry County
- Deshler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Morral
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- La Rue
(29 miles [46.7 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
- New Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Gilboa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Townwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pandora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Burgoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Ballville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Gibsonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Lindsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Bloomdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- West Millgrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bairdstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Risingsun
(18 miles [29 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
- North Baltimore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cygnet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Six Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bradner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Carey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Wharton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Duenquat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harpster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marseilles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Wyandot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springville, see our County-by-County Page for Springville.
Cemeteries Near Springville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springville.
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 Springville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Springville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Big Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- French Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Lutheran Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knowlton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biglick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Grove Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Vanlue.
- Carey Association Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Boniface 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.<4>
While we didn't find Springville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Springville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Springville, with the one closest to Springville listed first.
- Alvada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Adrian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- West Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- McCutchenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tymochtee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tymochtee is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tymochtee
- Pratts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Lovell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bascom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Springville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springville.
Newspapers Published in Springville ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springville, 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 Springville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Springville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Wood 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Springville) 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 Springville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |