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 Taylortown (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 Taylortown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Taylortown is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Taylortown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylortown:
- Richland County (The home county of Taylortown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Shelby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ganges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Vernon Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Maybee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shenandoah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Bailey Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Hayesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Nova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perrysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jeromesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- McKay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Redhaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Crestline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tiro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Galion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- New Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Erie County
- Milan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Delphi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Celeryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- North Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Hartland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Nunda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Fredericktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Jelloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Dorema
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Martel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Carrothers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Omar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Scipio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Bloomville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Melmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Republic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Funk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Lattasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- West Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Congress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Duenquat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylortown, see our County-by-County Page for Taylortown.
Cemeteries Near Taylortown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylortown.
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 Taylortown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylortown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coltman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- German Reform Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springmill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springmill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springmill Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mansfield.
- The Springmill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Leppo Cemetery
- Spring Mill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155572 <3>
- Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boyce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shelby - Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clay Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zeiter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- Hazel Brush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Brush Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Brush Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Shelby.
- Myers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Taylortown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taylortown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylortown, with the one closest to Taylortown listed first.
- Toledo Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Spring Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Shelby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ganges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Vernon Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Epworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Forest ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crestline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tiro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylortown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylortown.
Newspapers Published in Taylortown ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylortown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylortown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylortown.
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 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 Taylortown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Taylortown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Taylortown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |