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 Yelverton (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 Yelverton. 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 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.
Yelverton is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Yelverton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yelverton:
- Hardin County (The home county of Yelverton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Jumbo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Roundhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Victory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McGuffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Huntersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Pfeiffer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Alger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Harrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Lafayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Shawnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fort Shawnee is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Shawnee
- Estimated population in 2012: 3,643 people
- Beaverdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- West Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cairo
- Elida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elida is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Waynesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Santa Fe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Uniopolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Cridersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fryburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Wapakoneta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Buckland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckland is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Moulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Mingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Lewisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Carysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- New Stark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Williamstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jenera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Mount Blanchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Belle Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Rushsylvania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Russells Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Mansfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- La Rue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Green Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Newmans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Morral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Putnam County
- Pandora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Jackson Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Montra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Port Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Botkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Anna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Summersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Raymond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milford Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Marseilles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Kirby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Harpster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yelverton, see our County-by-County Page for Yelverton.
Cemeteries Near Yelverton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yelverton.
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 Yelverton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yelverton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Sloan - Yelverton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Belle Center Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belle Center Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Belle Center.
- The Belle Center Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40791 <2>
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sieg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miami Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McKirahan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dorman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (506 more) ...
- McGraw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rushsylvania Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Yelverton had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yelverton, with the one closest to Yelverton listed first.
- Silver Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Belle Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Jumbo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- New Richland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- Northwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northwood is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Big Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Rushsylvania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roundhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Kenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Foraker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Foraker is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- McGuffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yelverton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yelverton.
Newspapers Published in Yelverton ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yelverton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yelverton, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yelverton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Yelverton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Delaware County
- Hancock County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Union 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> | 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 Yelverton, 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 from Point A (ie- Yelverton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |