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 Woodland (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 Woodland. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodland is located in Union 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 Union County: Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan, Madison & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Woodland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodland:
- Union County (The home county of Woodland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Richwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Oceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Galion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Radnor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Meredith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Norton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Dublin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flint ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Amlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Riverlea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Westerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Mount Victory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Ridgeway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- McVitty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dunkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- West Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Middleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rushsylvania
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Zanesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Belle Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Bellefontaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- New Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Plain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chuckery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Newmans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Green Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- New Bloomington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- La Rue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Martel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shawtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Edison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Vails Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Marseilles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Harpster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wyandot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Kirby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nevada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wharton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodland, see our County-by-County Page for Woodland.
Cemeteries Near Woodland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland.
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 Woodland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Brown Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zieg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper Vestal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mooney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Markel - Kirts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cheney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nickerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (500 more) ...
- Mounts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Camp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reidel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Woodland had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
- Richwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Owens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Claiborne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claiborne is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Longville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Longville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Arbela
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arbela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbela
- Magnetic Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Radnor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Espyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Espyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espyville
- Pharisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- DeCliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- DeCliff is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCliff
- Ruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland.
Newspapers Published in Woodland ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodland.
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 Woodland:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Wyandot 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 Woodland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Woodland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |