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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Valentine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Valentine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valentine, 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 Valentine (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 Valentine. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Valentine is historic, it would have been located within present day Shelby 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 Shelby County: Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan & Miami.
Below are the counties that are near Valentine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valentine:
- Shelby County (The home county of Valentine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Pasco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sidney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Anna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Dawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Jackson Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Botkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Fryburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Minster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- New Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Waynesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Moulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Marys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Carysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Westville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Powhattan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- North Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Dialton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Dodo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Carlisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Donnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Northridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Greenlawn Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Crystal Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Versailles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gettysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Osgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Stelvideo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Pitsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- North Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pikeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Abbottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Fairborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Roundhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Russells Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Marl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Mercer County
- Chickasaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Piqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alcony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Bloomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Tipp City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Phillipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Northridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valentine, see our County-by-County Page for Valentine.
Cemeteries Near Valentine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valentine.
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 Valentine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valentine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Plattsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sturm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rusk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fletcher Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (542 more) ...
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Valentine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valentine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valentine, with the one closest to Valentine listed first.
- Ballou
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ballou is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Tawawa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tawawa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tawawa
- Plattsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plattsville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsville
- Depew
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Depew is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Carysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Pemberton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pemberton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Conover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Port Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kirkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Saint Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valentine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valentine.
Newspapers Published in Valentine ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valentine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valentine, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valentine.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Valentine:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery 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 Valentine, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valentine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |