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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 35 newspaper titles published in Wyandot County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1845. 6 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Upper Sandusky, Crawford, Wyandot.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
| Title | Place | Years |
|---|---|---|
| The Democratic Pioneer Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1845–1853 |
| The Democratic Pioneer Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1845–? |
| Wyandot Telegraph | Upper Sandusky | 1845–1899 |
| Wyandot Tribune | Upper Sandusky | 1848–1899 |
| The Wyandot Pioneer Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1853–1868 |
| The Wyandot Pioneer Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1853–? |
| Wyandot Herald | Upper Sandusky | 1853–1899 |
| Democratic Vindicator | Upper Sandusky | 1854–1899 |
| Democratic Union | Upper Sandusky | 1857–1861 |
| Wyandot Democratic Union | Upper Sandusky | 1861–1862 |
| Democratic Union | Upper Sandusky | 1862–1865 |
| Wyandot Democratic Union | Upper Sandusky | 1866–1881 |
| Wyandot County Republican Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1869–1903 |
| Wyandot County Republican Digitized | Upper Sandusky | 1869–? |
| Carey Blade | Carey | 1870–1999 |
| The Nevada Enterprise | Nevada | 1872–1909 |
| The Carey Times | Carey | 1873–1971 |
| The Carey Weekly Times | Carey | 1873–1899 |
| The Weekly Chief | Upper Sandusky | 1879–1887 |
| The Wyandot Union | Upper Sandusky | 1881–1902 |
| Die Germania | Upper Sandusky | 1886–1896 |
| Wyandot Farmers' News | Sycamore | 1886–1999 |
| The Wyandot Chief | Upper Sandusky | 1887–1906 |
| The Daily Union | Upper Sandusky | 1890–1899 |
| The Sycamore Leader | Sycamore | 1892–1972 |
| The Daily Chief | Upper Sandusky | 1896–1938 |
| The Exponent | Carey | 1900–1999 |
| Wyandot Union-Republican | Upper Sandusky | 1903–1916 |
| The Nevada News | Nevada | 1909–1932 |
| The Daily Union | Upper Sandusky | 1916–1938 |
| The Daily Chief-Union | Upper Sandusky | 1938–? |
| The Carey Progressor | Carey | 1968–1971 |
| Progressor-Times | Carey | 1971–? |
| Sycamore's Mohawk Leader | Sycamore | 1972–1978 |
| Mohawk Leader | Sycamore | 1978–? |
Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Wyandot. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
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View at Library of CongressCourtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.
No digitized front pages for Wyandot were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.
8 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
| Property | City | Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Farm | Upper Sandusky | 1986 |
| Crawford, Col., Burn Site Monument | Crawford | 1982 |
| Indian Mill | Upper Sandusky | 1970 |
| Parker Covered Bridge | Upper Sandusky | 1975 |
| South Sandusky Avenue Historic District | Upper Sandusky | 1980 |
| Swartz Covered Bridge | Wyandot | 1976 |
| Walker, William, Jr., House | Upper Sandusky | 1980 |
| West End Elementary School | Carey | 1987 |
| Wyandot County Courthouse and Jail | Upper Sandusky | 1973 |
| Wyandot Mission Church | Upper Sandusky | 1976 |
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Wyandot was formed in 1845 (1845-04-07) from Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion.
WYANDOT created from CRAWFORD, HANCOCK, HARDIN, and MARION.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Wyandot County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1850 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,194 | 15,596 | 22,395 | 21,125 | 19,481 | 19,218 | 19,785 | 21,648 | 22,651 | 22,908 | 21,900 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
90 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Armstrong Cemetery |
| Badger Cemetery |
| Baker Cemetery |
| Baughman Cemetery |
| Beaver Cemetery |
| Belle Vernon Cemetery |
| Berry Cemetery |
| Bibler Cemetery |
| Bowsherville Cemetery |
| Bradley Cemetery |
| Bretz Cemetery |
| Bretz Farm Cemetery |
| Burkes Cemetery |
| Callahan Cemetery |
| Carey Association Cemetery |
| Chandler Cemetery |
| Cole Cemetery |
| Curlis Cemetery |
| Cutting Cemetery |
| Drake Cemetery |
| Dunn Cemetery |
| Emanuel Cemetery |
| England Cemetery |
| Fehl Cemetery |
| Fort Ferree Cemetery |
| Gilliland Cemetery |
| Goodhope Cemetery |
| Henderson Cemetery |
| Hetzel Cemetery |
| Hunt Cemetery |
| Infirmary Cemetery |
| Inman Cemetery |
| Jackson Center Cemetery |
| Kear Cemetery |
| Knowlton Cemetery |
| Krock Cemetery |
| Little Sandusky Cemetery |
| Lutheran Cemetery |
| Lutheran Ridge Cemetery |
| Mann Cemetery |
| McClain Cemetery |
| Mexico Cemetery |
| Murrey Cemetery |
| Nevada Cemetery |
| Nine Oaks Cemetery |
| North Salem Cemetery |
| Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Old Lutheran Ridge Cemetery |
| Old Mission Cemetery |
| Old Rock Run Cemetery |
| Old Sycamore Cemetery |
| Peters Cemetery |
| Pipetown Cemetery |
| Pipetown Indian Number One Cemetery |
| Pipetown Indian Number Two Cemetery |
| Pleasant Ridge Cemetery |
| Pleasant Ridge Cemetery |
| Pleasant View Cemetery |
| Quaker Hill Cemetery |
| Reber Cemetery |
| Ritchey Cemetery |
| Rock Run Cemetery |
| Rowland Cemetery |
| Saint John Cemetery |
| Saint Joseph Cemetery |
| Saint Marys Cemetery |
| Saint Marys Cemetery |
| Saint Peters Cemetery |
| Salem Cemetery |
| Salem Cemetery |
| Schoenberger Cemetery |
| Schriver Cemetery |
| Shanks Cemetery |
| Smithville Cemetery |
| Spoon Cemetery |
| Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Stalter Cemetery |
| Stansbery Cemetery |
| Swartz Cemetery |
| Tarhe Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Bowsherville |
| Douglass |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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