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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Spunky Puddle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spunky Puddle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spunky Puddle, 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 Spunky Puddle (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 Spunky Puddle. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Spunky Puddle is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Spunky Puddle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spunky Puddle:
- Clark County (The home county of Spunky Puddle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Northridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Eagle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Powhattan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mutual
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Kingscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Saint Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Christiansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Franklin County
- Lake Darby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberforce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Beavercreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- West Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Quincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Middleburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- West Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Plumwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chuckery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chrisman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Range
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Alcony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- West Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Deerpark Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Fort McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Port Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Milford Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- New Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spunky Puddle, see our County-by-County Page for Spunky Puddle.
Cemeteries Near Spunky Puddle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spunky Puddle.
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 Spunky Puddle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spunky Puddle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Rector Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moorefield Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <3>
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shockey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Graybill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Raphaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Spunky Puddle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spunky Puddle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spunky Puddle, with the one closest to Spunky Puddle listed first.
- Bowlusville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eagle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lagonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Terre Haute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Durbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Catawba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spunky Puddle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spunky Puddle.
Newspapers Published in Spunky Puddle ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spunky Puddle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spunky Puddle, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spunky Puddle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Spunky Puddle:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Spunky Puddle, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spunky Puddle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |