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 Wharton (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 Wharton. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Wharton is located in Wyandot 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 Wyandot County: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Wharton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wharton:
- Wyandot County (The home county of Wharton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Marseilles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Belle Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Harpster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Duenquat
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Wyandot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Bluffton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Broken Sword
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Mount Blanchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vanlue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jenera
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Independence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- New Stark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Findlay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Rawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Benton Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pfeiffer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Ada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McGuffey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Mount Victory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Belle Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Rushsylvania
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Morral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- La Rue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Ruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Logan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Newmans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Gilboa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Pandora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Townwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Sandusky County
- Burgoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Adrian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alvada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- McCutchenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- New Riegel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bascom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Tiffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Bloomville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Bloomdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Eagleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- North Baltimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Millgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Cygnet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Jerry City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Risingsun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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
- Hoytville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Six Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wharton, see our County-by-County Page for Wharton.
Cemeteries Near Wharton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wharton.
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 Wharton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wharton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Wharton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spoon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Murrey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wentz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Callahan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Inman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Schoenberger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Wharton had a population of 516 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wharton had a population of 338 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wharton, with the one closest to Wharton listed first.
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pratts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pratts is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Mount Blanchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- McVitty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Lovell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lovell is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
- Crawford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Carey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vanlue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Houcktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houcktown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcktown
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Upper Sandusky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wharton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wharton.
Newspapers Published in Wharton ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wharton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wharton, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wharton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wharton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wyandot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Crawford County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wood 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 Wharton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wharton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |