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 Tipp City (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 Tipp City. 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 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.
Tipp City is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Tipp City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tipp City:
- Miami County (The home county of Tipp City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Ginghamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kessler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Casstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alcony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- West Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laura
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Potsdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Poast Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Christiansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Carysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Westville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- New Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Park Layne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Dodo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Crystal Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Dialton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Donnelsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- North Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Holiday Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Green Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Enon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Limestone City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Clinton County
- New Burlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Pitsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Gettysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Arcanum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Poplar Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Abbottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Stelvideo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Versailles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Castine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Fairborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Bellbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Roxanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Quincy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Englewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Hooks Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Northridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Euphemia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ingomar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Eaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gratis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Pasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Laramie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Five Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kenricksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Springboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Corwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tipp City, see our County-by-County Page for Tipp City.
Cemeteries Near Tipp City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tipp City.
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 Tipp City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tipp City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Hyattsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- English Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kepper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pearson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cassel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (554 more) ...
- West Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Studebaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Tipp City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tipp City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tipp City, with the one closest to Tipp City listed first.
- Ginghamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Grayson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- West Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Charleston is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kessler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Vandalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brandt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brandt is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Casstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- County Line ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- County Line is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Spanker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spanker is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanker
- Alcony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- West Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tipp City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tipp City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tipp City ...
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 201 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tipp City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tipp City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tipp City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tipp City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of Tipp City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Tipp City:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tipp City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tipp City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |