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 Waynesburg (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 Waynesburg. 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 hospitals and 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.
Waynesburg is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Waynesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waynesburg:
- Crawford County (The home county of Waynesburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- North Auburn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Tiro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Leesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Crestline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Broken Sword
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Bucyrus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Ruggles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Bailey Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nova
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Polk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Hayesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Berlinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Berlin Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Castalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shinrock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Celeryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Willard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Steuben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- North Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Hunts Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Fitchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Martel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- West Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Edison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Forest ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shenandoah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Maybee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Alta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Bellevue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Vickery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Ballville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Erlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Carrothers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Attica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Omar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Scipio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Republic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Melmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Tiffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Duenquat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Nevada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Wyandot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Upper Sandusky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Harpster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waynesburg, see our County-by-County Page for Waynesburg.
Cemeteries Near Waynesburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waynesburg.
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 Waynesburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waynesburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Swamp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swaab Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dickson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trauger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (510 more) ...
- Moore - Fackler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore - Fackler Cemetery
- The Moore - Fackler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bullhead Cemetery
- Fackler Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
- Richmond Twp. Cemetery
- Richmond Twp. Pauper Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2449713 <3>
- Brenner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Waynesburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waynesburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waynesburg, with the one closest to Waynesburg listed first.
- North Auburn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Tiro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Relief ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Relief is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Carrothers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Chatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Attica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waynesburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waynesburg.
Newspapers Published in Waynesburg ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waynesburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waynesburg, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waynesburg.
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 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 Waynesburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot 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> | 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- Waynesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Waynesburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |