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 Winters Station (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 Winters Station. 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 Winters Station ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Winters Station: Winters Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Winters Station, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Winters Station may originally have been Winter's Station.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Winters Station might be written as Winter Station.
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 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.
Winters Station is located in Sandusky 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 Sandusky County: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Seneca & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Winters Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winters Station:
- Sandusky County (The home county of Winters Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Burgoon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Stony Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Fremont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kingsway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Shorewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Erlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Chatfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Castalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bay View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Venice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- West Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Findlay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Willard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Bono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- East Toledo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Oregon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maumee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Immergrun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Immergrun is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immergrun
- Air Line Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Ironville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Elmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lacarne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clay Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Port Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curtice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Gypsum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Violet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Bettsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Linden ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Fort Seneca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Green Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Watson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Bascom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tiffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fostoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Republic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Riegel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alvada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Risingsun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Bradner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Pemberville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Luckey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bloomdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lemoyne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemoyne
- Jerry City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bairdstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Cygnet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Carey
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belle Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winters Station, see our County-by-County Page for Winters Station.
Cemeteries Near Winters Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winters Station.
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 Winters Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winters Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crissa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Halters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ludwig Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Feaselburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shawl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Metzgar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Winters Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winters Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winters Station, with the one closest to Winters Station listed first.
- Burgoon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Bettsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kansas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Millersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millersville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Linden ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Tinney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tinney is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinney
- Fort Seneca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Old Fort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Fort is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amsden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Angus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Fremont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winters Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winters Station.
Newspapers Published in Winters Station ...
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 182 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winters Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winters Station, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winters Station.
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 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 Winters Station:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Sandusky County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Seneca County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Winters Station, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winters Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |