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 Tontogany (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 Tontogany. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Tontogany is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Tontogany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tontogany:
- Wood County (The home county of Tontogany)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Haskins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Milton Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Custar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Perrysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Jewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Swanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Ai
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Assumption
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Metamora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wauseon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Van Buren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McComb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Arcadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Findlay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- West Independence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Colton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Deshler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Malinta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Hamler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Holgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Okolona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- New Bavaria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maumee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sharples
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Air Line Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- East Toledo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Toledo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clay Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Elmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Curtice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Belmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Gilboa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Miller City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Woodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lindsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Fostoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bascom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Ogden Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Riga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Blissfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Lambertville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Vienna Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Temperance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Samaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Erie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Havre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Havre is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Yargerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yargerville is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yargerville
- Luna Pier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tontogany, see our County-by-County Page for Tontogany.
Cemeteries Near Tontogany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tontogany.
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 Tontogany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tontogany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Tontogany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Miltonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- The Westfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Weston Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- The Weston Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Weston Cemetery
- Weston Twp. Cemetery
- Old Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Wakeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakeman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waterville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #358946 <2>
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tontogany had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tontogany had a population of 383 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tontogany, with the one closest to Tontogany listed first.
- Neowash ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Neowash is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neowash
- Haskins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Hull Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
- Weston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
- Grand Rapids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dunbridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbridge
- Digby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Dowling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Roachton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roachton is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tontogany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tontogany.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tontogany ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tontogany.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tontogany. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tontogany and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tontogany.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Tontogany.
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 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 Tontogany:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Lenawee County
- Monroe 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> | 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 Tontogany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Tontogany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |