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 Stony Prairie (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 Stony Prairie. 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 Stony Prairie ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Stony Prairie: Stony Pr.
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 southwest 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 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.
Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky 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 Sandusky County: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Seneca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Stony Prairie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stony Prairie:
- Sandusky County (The home county of Stony Prairie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Fremont
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ballville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Gabels Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Kingsway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Green Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shorewood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Lindsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Burgoon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gibsonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clyde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vickery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Chatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Castalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bay View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bogart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Avery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Milan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kelleys Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Arcadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Norwalk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peru
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Bono
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Oregon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Harbor View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Immergrun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Immergrun is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immergrun
- Ironville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Toledo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Maumee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Beach is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Beach
- Waterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Oak Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Lacarne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Port Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Gypsum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Curtice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Green Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Linden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Watson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Cromers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Tiffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bascom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Republic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Fostoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Bradner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Risingsun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Pemberville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Luckey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Millbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Walbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bloomdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dowling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Mexico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stony Prairie, see our County-by-County Page for Stony Prairie.
Cemeteries Near Stony Prairie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stony Prairie.
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 Stony Prairie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stony Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Whittlesey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bowlus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fourmile House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bowlus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ludwig Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Binkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shawl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (348 more) ...
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Halters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McGormley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Stony Prairie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stony Prairie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stony Prairie, with the one closest to Stony Prairie listed first.
- Fremont
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Lindsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hessville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hessville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Burgoon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Old Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Fort is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Erlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tinney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tinney is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinney
- Bettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Gibsonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kansas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Linden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stony Prairie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Prairie.
Newspapers Published in Stony Prairie ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Prairie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stony Prairie, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stony Prairie.
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 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 Stony Prairie:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Sandusky County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Stony Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stony Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |