Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Thomsontown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Thomsontown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thomsontown, 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 Thomsontown (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 Thomsontown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Thomsontown is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Thomsontown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomsontown:
- Seneca County (The home county of Thomsontown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Flat Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Omar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Attica Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Scipio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caroline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Watson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carrothers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Ashland County
- Ruggles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- New Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Chatfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Robinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Castalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bay View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Venice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Bogart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Sandusky
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Hancock County
- West Independence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(6 miles [9.7 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peru
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Norwalk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- North Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- New Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Olena
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Delphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Kipton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Vermilion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Danbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Lacarne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Marblehead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Rocky Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Elmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Put-in-Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Locust Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Plymouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vickery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Erlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Green Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Ballville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Stony Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Gabels Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Burgoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Risingsun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Mexico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Duenquat
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomsontown, see our County-by-County Page for Thomsontown.
Cemeteries Near Thomsontown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomsontown.
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 Thomsontown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomsontown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Underhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fireside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thompson Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- York Free Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- St. Paul's UCC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Thomsontown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thomsontown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomsontown, with the one closest to Thomsontown listed first.
- Frank
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Flat Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fireside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Weavers Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Reedtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reedtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Bismarck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Omar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Lyme ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyme is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Scipio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Siam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Havana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Havana is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Pontiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pontiac is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thomsontown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomsontown.
Newspapers Published in Thomsontown ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomsontown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomsontown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomsontown.
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 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 Thomsontown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot 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 Thomsontown, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thomsontown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |