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 Wolfcale (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 Wolfcale. 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 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.
Wolfcale is located in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County: Adams (IN), Allen (IN), Allen, Auglaize, Mercer, Paulding & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Wolfcale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wolfcale:
- Van Wert County (The home county of Wolfcale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Convoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Wren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Van Wert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Abanaka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Willshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Middle Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Landeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Landeck is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landeck
- Delphos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Southworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Southworth is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southworth
- Spencerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scotts Crossing is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Crossing
- Conant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conant is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Elida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Gomer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Auglaize County
- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Hicksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Rockford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Mendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Scudder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Skeels Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Earley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Wabash
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Celina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Coldwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Batson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- McGill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McGill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Payne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Haviland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Worstville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Dague ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dague is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Latty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Grover Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grover Hill is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Broughton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Broughton is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Hedges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hedges is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Ottoville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Jennings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Muntanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Muntanna is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muntanna
- Cloverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Dupont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Rimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rimer is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Continental
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jones City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
- Kalida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Pleasant Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Preble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coppess Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Magley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Magley is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Honduras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Honduras is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Berne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Allen County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zulu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zulu is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Hoagland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Woodburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wayne Village
- Hacienda Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Yoder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harlan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Wayne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- DeKalb County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Spencerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Joe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huntington County (IN)
- Markle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Markle is located in Huntington County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Markle <1>
- Jay County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Jay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Bryant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Antiville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Fiat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fiat is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Wells County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Craigville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Tocsin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Vera Cruz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ossian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Bluffton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Uniondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Petroleum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Travisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Travisville is located in Wells County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wolfcale, see our County-by-County Page for Wolfcale.
Cemeteries Near Wolfcale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wolfcale.
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 Wolfcale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wolfcale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Kings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McClure Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Convoy.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- Klien Cemetery
- St. Johns German Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43109 <3>
- Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Metzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glenn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Balyeat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Township Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evangelical Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Dix Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McNeal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wolfcale had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wolfcale, with the one closest to Wolfcale listed first.
- Convoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Richey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richey is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Rivare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rivare is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivare
- Wren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Pleasant Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monroeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schumm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Abanaka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Dull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dull is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
- Van Wert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Batson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Batson is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wolfcale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wolfcale.
Newspapers Published in Wolfcale ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wolfcale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wolfcale, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wolfcale.
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 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 Wolfcale:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Van Wert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Defiance County
- Mercer County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- DeKalb County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Wells 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> | 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- Wolfcale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Wolfcale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |