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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 Wintergarden Heights (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 Wintergarden Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Wintergarden Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wintergarden Heights: Wintergarden Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Wintergarden Heights 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 Wintergarden Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wintergarden Heights:
- Wood County (The home county of Wintergarden Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Portage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Tontogany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haskins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cygnet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jerry City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Six Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Milton Center
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Dowling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dowling is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
- Hammansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Swanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- West Delta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Assumption
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Siney ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Metamora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wauseon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Van Buren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hancock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- McComb
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Findlay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- West Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Benton Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vanlue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- McClure
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Deshler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Grelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Liberty Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Malinta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hamler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Napoleon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holgate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Waterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maumee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- East Toledo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Sharples
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa Hills
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Toledo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oregon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Elmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Oak Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Belmore
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Miller City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gibsonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Ballville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingsway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Shorewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Fostoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Alvada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bascom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Fort Seneca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- New Riegel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Tiffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Lambertville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Vienna Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vienna Junction is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Junction
- Temperance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wintergarden Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Wintergarden Heights.
Cemeteries Near Wintergarden Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wintergarden Heights.
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 Wintergarden Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wintergarden Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Sargeant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Portage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tontogany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- The Westfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Weston Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- The Weston Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Weston Cemetery
- Weston Twp. Cemetery
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Jerry City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fayler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Wintergarden Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wintergarden Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wintergarden Heights, with the one closest to Wintergarden Heights listed first.
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Portage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Digby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
- Rudolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Mermill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mermill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermill
- Mungen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mungen is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungen
- Sugar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
- Tontogany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingston is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingston
- Bays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bays is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
- Weston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haskins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Trombley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trombley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombley
- Dunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbridge is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbridge
- Hull Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hull Prairie is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Prairie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wintergarden Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wintergarden Heights.
Newspapers Published in Wintergarden Heights ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wintergarden Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wintergarden Heights, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wintergarden Heights.
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 Wintergarden Heights:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Wintergarden Heights, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wintergarden Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |