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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wilseyville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wilseyville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilseyville, please Contact Us.
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 Wilseyville (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 Wilseyville. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wilseyville is historic, it would have been located within present day Defiance 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 Defiance County: Allen (IN), DeKalb (IN), Henry, Paulding, Putnam & Williams.
Below are the counties that are near Wilseyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilseyville:
- Defiance County (The home county of Wilseyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Jewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Ayersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Archbold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Pettisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Fayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Wauseon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Okolona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pleasant Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Holgate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Cecil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Emmett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Link ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Antwerp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paulding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Latty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Worstville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Broughton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Hartsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Continental
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kieferville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Van Wert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Scott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Williams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Melbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Bryan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blakeslee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Edon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montpelier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stryker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Ainger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Columbia is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Harlan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grabill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Woodburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Leo-Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Zulu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huntertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Butler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spencerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ashley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Garrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Altona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Noble County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Laotto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Alvarado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Hamilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Pleasant Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Angola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Branch County (MI)
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Frontier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Ransom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Lenawee County (MI)
- Munson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilseyville, see our County-by-County Page for Wilseyville.
Cemeteries Near Wilseyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilseyville.
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 Wilseyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilseyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Six Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hicksville Amish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tamarack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Forest Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spindler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Williams Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Wilseyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilseyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilseyville, with the one closest to Wilseyville listed first.
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cicero is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Farmer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Center is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Center
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moats is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moats
- Ney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melbern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Melbern is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Cecil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- The Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bend is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bend
- Newville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in DeKalb County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Link ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Link is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Emmett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilseyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilseyville.
Newspapers Published in Wilseyville ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilseyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilseyville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilseyville.
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 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 Wilseyville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Defiance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Lenawee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wilseyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wilseyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |