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 Swander (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 Swander. 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 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.
Swander 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 Swander. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swander:
- Seneca County (The home county of Swander)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Bloomville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Scipio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Cromers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- West Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Caroline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Bascom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Chatfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- New Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- North Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Bucyrus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Leesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Castalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bay View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Venice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Bogart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- West Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Vanlue
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Mount Blanchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Findlay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Van Buren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hardin County
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Celeryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Coble Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Monroeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Delphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Norwalk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Marion County
- Morral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Elmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Port Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gypsum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Plymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shelby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Burgoon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ballville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Gabels Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Green Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Fremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Bellevue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Vickery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Risingsun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Bradner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eagleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Six Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Bairdstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Pemberville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerry City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Cygnet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Upper Sandusky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Kirby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Harpster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swander, see our County-by-County Page for Swander.
Cemeteries Near Swander ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swander.
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 Swander - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swander covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Randall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloom Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Scipio Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farewell Retreat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Swander had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swander, with the one closest to Swander listed first.
- Rockaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rockaway is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Melmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Bloomville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Scipio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Saint Stephens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Stephens is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Fort Seneca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Cromers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Plankton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Plankton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plankton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lykens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lykens is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens
- West Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Sycamore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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 Swander. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swander.
Newspapers Published in Swander ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swander.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swander, 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 Swander.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Swander:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Huron County
- Marion County
- Ottawa County
- Richland 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> | 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 Swander, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swander) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |