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 Adams Mills (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 Adams Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Adams Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Adams Mills: Adams Mls. (or less commonly used: Adams Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Adams Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Adams Mills may originally have been Adam's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Adams Mills might be written as Adam Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals 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.
Adams Mills is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Adams Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams Mills:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Adams Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Zanesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Black Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Wortley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Nashport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Conesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Coshocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Warsaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Metham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Nellie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Birds Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Abledell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Spring Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Brady ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Byesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Stillwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Charm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Bladensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Martinsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pipesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Millwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Buckeye City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Gann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Hanover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Ben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Gratiot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Eagleport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Noble County
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Mount Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Crooksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Postboy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Baltic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gilmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Shanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gnadenhutten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adams Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Adams Mills.
Cemeteries Near Adams Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams Mills.
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 Adams Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adams Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Adams Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Titus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- William Robinson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McGee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- George Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (563 more) ...
- Mill Fork Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dresden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dresden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dresden.
- The Dresden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Veterans Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #993031 <4>
- Christian Chapel 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Adams Mills had a population of 115 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adams Mills, with the one closest to Adams Mills listed first.
- Trinway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Moscow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Moscow is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moscow
- Conesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Dresden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Wills Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wills Creek is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Creek
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Tyrone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Rock Cut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wakatomika
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Tunnel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
- Frazeysburg
(9 miles [14.5 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 Adams Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adams Mills.
Newspapers Published in Adams Mills ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adams Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Adams Mills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adams Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Adams Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |