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 Zanesville (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 Zanesville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Zanesville is primarily located in Wells County. A portion of Zanesville extends into Allen County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wells County: Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington & Jay.
Below are the counties that are near Zanesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zanesville:
- Wells County (The home county of Zanesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Uniondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ossian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- North Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Bluffton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Liberty Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Travisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Vera Cruz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Reiffsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Magley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Honduras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Decatur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coppess Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Pleasant Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Yoder
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aboite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Anthony Wayne Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Wayne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hoagland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dunn Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wallen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hacienda Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Monroeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blackford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Montpelier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- New Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Altona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Garrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Van Buren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Farrville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- Friendly Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Arcana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Roanoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Markle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goblesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Majenica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Plum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Harlansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bippus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Jay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Fiat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Pennville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Sidney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pierceton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Ege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Laotto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Merriam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Green Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Lincolnville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lagro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Servia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Servia is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
- Liberty Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Mills is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- North Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- La Fontaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Fontaine is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fontaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- Treaty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Laketon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wabash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Dunfee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Luther
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Collins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Whitley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Churubusco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Collamer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Tri-Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Lorane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Larwill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Dixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Wren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Willshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Convoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zanesville, see our County-by-County Page for Zanesville.
Cemeteries Near Zanesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zanesville.
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 Zanesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zanesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Hoverstock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Feighner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Horeb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brenton Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fogwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- France Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bayliss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Star of Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (244 more) ...
- Barnes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Murray Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Zanesville had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Zanesville had a population of 617 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zanesville, with the one closest to Zanesville listed first.
- Nine Mile
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Roanoke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Markle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aboite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Uniondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ossian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mardenis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mardenis is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardenis
- Kingsland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Simpson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Browns Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Corner is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner
- Murray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Saturn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saturn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saturn
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tocsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Poe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zanesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zanesville.
Newspapers Published in Zanesville ...
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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zanesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zanesville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zanesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Zanesville:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Wells County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Blackford County
- DeKalb County
- Grant County
- Huntington County
- Jay County
- Kosciusko County
- Noble County
- Wabash County
- Whitley County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Zanesville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zanesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |