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 Wales Corners (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 Wales Corners. 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 Wales Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Wales Corners: Wales Cors.
- While the name of this community is Wales Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wales Corners may originally have been Wale's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wales Corners might be written as Wale Corners.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Wales Corners is located in Sandusky 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 Sandusky County: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Seneca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Wales Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wales Corners:
- Sandusky County (The home county of Wales Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vickery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Shorewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Ballville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Stony Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Gabels Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- New Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Chatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Tiro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lemert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Castalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Venice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Avery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bogart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Huron
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shinrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Berlinville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norwalk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- North Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Willard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Collins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Celeryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Olena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Lorain County
- Vermilion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Danbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Lacarne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Marblehead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Rocky Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Put-in-Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Point
(23 miles [37 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 Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Green Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Omar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Watson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Republic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Attica Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Scipio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Fort Seneca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caroline
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Bradner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Risingsun
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Pemberville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Duenquat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wales Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Wales Corners.
Cemeteries Near Wales Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wales Corners.
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 Wales Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wales Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Wales Corner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- York Free Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wickwire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fuller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McPherson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Paul's UCC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deyo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Wales Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wales Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wales Corners, with the one closest to Wales Corners listed first.
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- York is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Colby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Vickery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Whitmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whitmore is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore
- Fireside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fireside is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
- Lyme ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Erlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Castalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Green Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Weavers Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wales Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wales Corners.
Newspapers Published in Wales Corners ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wales Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wales Corners, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wales Corners.
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 Wales Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Sandusky County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Wales Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wales Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |