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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 Tiffin Meadows (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 Tiffin Meadows. 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 Tiffin Meadows ...
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 Tiffin Meadows: Tiffin Mdws.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Tiffin Meadows is located in Williams 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 Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Tiffin Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tiffin Meadows:
- Williams County (The home county of Tiffin Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Stryker
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Kunkle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Alvordton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jim Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Pioneer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melbern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Ainger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Blakeslee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Ney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brunersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Jewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Williamstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Hicksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Archbold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Pettisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Fayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Wauseon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Powers ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Advance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Oakshade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Denson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Denson is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Napoleon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Liberty Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Colton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Holgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Malinta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- New Bavaria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- McClure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Lucas County
- Sharples
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Emmett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Cecil
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Charloe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charloe
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Paulding
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Brown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Brown
- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Link ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Antwerp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Continental
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Kieferville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Wood County
- Grand Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Clear Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Russels Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Branch County (MI)
- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Waldron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Prattville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Ransom
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Lickly Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Frontier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Shadyside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Pittsford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Camden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Osseo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Montgomery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Munson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Morenci
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Seneca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Sand Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Rollin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Ogden Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tiffin Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Tiffin Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Tiffin Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiffin Meadows.
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 Tiffin Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tiffin Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Lockport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Stryker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641243 <2>
- Gull Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Floral Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Unity.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40880 <2>
- Boynton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Archbold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiffler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiffler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiffler Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Pulaski.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1112009 <2>
- Old Pulaski 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.<4>
While we didn't find Tiffin Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tiffin Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tiffin Meadows, with the one closest to Tiffin Meadows listed first.
- Stryker
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Archbold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pulaski
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Evansport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Zone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zone is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pettisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Ridgeville Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Kunkle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Alvordton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Adams Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Ridge is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Ridge
- Primrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Primrose is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Ney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tiffin Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tiffin Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Tiffin Meadows ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiffin Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiffin Meadows, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiffin Meadows.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Tiffin Meadows:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Wood County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Tiffin Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tiffin Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |