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 Talawanda Springs (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 Talawanda Springs. 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 Talawanda Springs ...
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 Talawanda Springs: Talawanda Spgs. (or less commonly used: Talawanda Spngs. or Talawanda Sprngs.)
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 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.
Talawanda Springs is located in Preble 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 Preble County : Union (IN) , Wayne (IN) , Butler , Darke & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Talawanda Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Talawanda Springs:
Preble County (The home county of Talawanda Springs)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
College Corner (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Morning Sun (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Corvin ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Corvin was located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Camden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lake Lakengren (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lake Lakengren is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren West Elkton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Eaton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Gratis (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
New Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
New Hope is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Ingomar (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Ingomar is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar West Alexandria (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
New Paris (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Eldorado (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Eldorado is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Contreras (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Contreras is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Oxford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Somerville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Peoria (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Peoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Reily (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Reily is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Bunker Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Scipio (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Scipio is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Saint Charles (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Saint Charles is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Hanover ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hanover was located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Auburn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Seven Mile (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
Millville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Millville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
Jacksonburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Castine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
New Madison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hollansburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hollansburg is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
Gordon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Ithaca (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Savona (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Shaker Village ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Shaker Village was located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harrison (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Fairfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Simonsons ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Simonsons was located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsons Pleasant Run Farm (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm Pleasant Run (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Blue Jay (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Blue Jay is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay Dry Ridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Dry Ridge is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge Mount Healthy Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Forest Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Northbrook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Northbrook is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbrook Northgate (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Northgate is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate Grandview (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Grandview is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Farmersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Kreitzer Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner Germantown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Lebanon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Pyrmont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Carlisle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Voyager Village West (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Voyager Village West is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyager Village West Brookville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wengerlawn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn Miamisburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Whitfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Airhill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Arlington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Arlington is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hunter (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Shadow Lake Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Greentree Corners (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Red Lion (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Springboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mason (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Williams County
Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Dearborn County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Saint Leon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
West Harrison (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Logan (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Logan is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Lawrenceville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Bright (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Bright is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright New Alsace (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
New Alsace is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace Yorkville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Yorkville is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Guilford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hidden Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hidden Valley is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Decatur County (IN)
Clarksburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Clarksburg is located in Decatur County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg Fayette County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Springersville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Everton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Everton is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Connersville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Nulltown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Alpine (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Alpine is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Harrisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Orange (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Orange is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Fairview (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Franklin County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Bath (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Peoria (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Mount Carmel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Scipio (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Scipio is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Brookville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
Oak Tree Crossroads (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads Yellow Bank (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Rockdale (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rockdale is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale New Trenton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
New Trenton is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trenton Metamora (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
South Gate (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
South Gate is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Oak Forest (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Henry County (IN)
Straughn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Randolph County (IN)
Arba (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Arba is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Ripley County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Penntown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Penntown is located in Ripley County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Morris (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Morris is located in Ripley County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Sunman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Batesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Rush County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Glenwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Falmouth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Falmouth is located in Rush County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Gings (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Gings is located in Rush County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings Union County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
West College Corner (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Contreras (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Contreras is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Goodwins Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Billingsville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Billingsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Liberty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Brownsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Brownsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Wayne County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Boston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Abington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Abington is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Richmond (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Spring Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Centerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Beesons (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Beesons is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Chester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Webster (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster East Germantown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Milton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Milton is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
Pennville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Pennville is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Cambridge City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Greens Fork (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Talawanda Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Talawanda Springs .
Cemeteries Near Talawanda Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Talawanda Springs.
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 Talawanda Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Talawanda Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
Kingrey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
College Corner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner Cemetery The College Corner Cemetery has also been known as:
Methdist Episcopal Cemetery Ridenour Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84677 <2>
Hopewell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Keiffer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Crawfords Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Beechwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Pentecost Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bethlehem Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
John Ramsey Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Railsback Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Oxford Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (428 more) ...
Teague Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lowes Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Friends Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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 Talawanda Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Talawanda Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Talawanda Springs, with the one closest to Talawanda Springs listed first.
College Corner (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Contreras (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Contreras is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras McDonald ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
McDonald was located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Morning Sun (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Morning Sun is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Cottage Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Cottage Grove is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Fairhaven (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Fairhaven is also located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven Billingsville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Billingsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Bath (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Goodwins Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Oxford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lotus (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lotus is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Mixersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Mixersville is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixersville Continue List (17 more) ...
Liberty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ogleton ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ogleton was located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogleton Somerville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Talawanda Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Talawanda Springs .
Newspapers Published in Talawanda Springs ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Talawanda Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Talawanda Springs, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Talawanda Springs.
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 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 Talawanda Springs:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Preble County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Darke County Hamilton County Montgomery County Warren County Williams County Dearborn County Decatur County Fayette County Franklin County Henry County Randolph County Ripley County Rush County Union County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Talawanda Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Preble County: https://www.prebco.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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- Talawanda Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Talawanda Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.