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 Weston (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 Weston. 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 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.
Weston 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 Weston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weston:
- Wood County (The home county of Weston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Milton Center
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tontogany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- The Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Haskins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hammansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Hoytville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Cygnet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerry City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- North Baltimore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Defiance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Swanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Ai
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Wauseon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Metamora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pettisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Advance
(26 miles [41.8 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 Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Arcadia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Findlay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(23 miles [37 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
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Mount Cory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Colton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Deshler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Malinta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hamler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Napoleon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holgate
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Florida
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maumee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sharples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Air Line Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Ottawa Hills
(23 miles [37 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
- East Toledo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Toledo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berkey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clay Center
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Martin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Belmore
(15 miles [24.1 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(19 miles [30.6 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
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Pandora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Continental
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Helena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Lindsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Fostoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bascom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- Ogden Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Lambertville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weston, see our County-by-County Page for Weston.
Cemeteries Near Weston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weston.
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 Weston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Westfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- The Westfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Weston Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- The Weston Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Weston Cemetery
- Weston Twp. Cemetery
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pottertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Milton Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (348 more) ...
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sargeant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tontogany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Weston had a population of 845 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Weston had a population of 1,657 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weston, with the one closest to Weston listed first.
- Milton Center
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Digby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
- Tontogany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Haney is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney
- Wingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wingston is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingston
- Rudolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Westhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Bays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bays is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
- Mermill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mermill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weston.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Weston ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weston.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Weston. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Weston and those printed in the larger area surrounding Weston.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Weston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Weston:
- 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 Weston, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |