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 Webster (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 Webster. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Webster is located in Darke 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 Darke County: Jay (IN), Randolph (IN), Wayne (IN), Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Webster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Webster:
- Darke County (The home county of Webster)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Versailles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Stelvideo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Dawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Brock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Ansonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ansonia is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
- Yorkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Minster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Saint Marys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Wapakoneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Christiansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Millerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Dodo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Burkettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Coldwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montezuma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Fort Recovery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Celina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wabash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Earley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Scudder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Bloomer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laura
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Potsdam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Wengerlawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brookville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pyrmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Northview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Vandalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Euphemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- West Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lockington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Fort Laramie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Hardin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Sidney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Kettlersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Salamonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Boundary City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Bluff Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Collett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Collett is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Spartanburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- New Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
- Rural
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Bloomingport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport
- Wayne County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Fountain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Webster, see our County-by-County Page for Webster.
Cemeteries Near Webster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Webster.
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 Webster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Webster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Christian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hoover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coppess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harris Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Harris Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Valberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (461 more) ...
- Hartle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Erisman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Webster had a population of 278 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Versailles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Horatio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horatio is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Bloomer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Stelvideo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gettysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Dawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Beamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beamsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beamsville
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Brock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Red River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Webster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Webster.
Newspapers Published in Webster ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Webster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Webster, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Webster.
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 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 Webster:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Darke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Jay County
- Randolph County
- Wayne 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 Webster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Webster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |