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 Alpha (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 Alpha. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Alpha is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Alpha. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alpha:
- Greene County (The home county of Alpha)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Trebein
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Beavercreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bellbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roxanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Yellow Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Poast Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Middletown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown
- Miltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miltonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville
- Jacksonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Kyles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kyles is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles
- Taylor Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Village
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Christiansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Holiday Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Green Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Enon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- New Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Limestone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Shawnee Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Cortsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Dodo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Kenwood Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- New Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Port William
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Blanchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Lees Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Darke County
- Gordon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Octa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- South Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Ginghamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Kessler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- West Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Casstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ludlow Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potsdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kettering
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Hooks Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Gem City Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huber Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Sulphur Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- West Carrollton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Ingomar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Gratis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Verona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Euphemia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- West Elkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Waynesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Corwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Harveysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Springboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Hunter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Greentree Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- San Je Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Hageman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hageman is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman
- Williams County
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alpha, see our County-by-County Page for Alpha.
Cemeteries Near Alpha ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alpha.
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 Alpha - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alpha covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beavercreek.
- The Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Cemetery
- Beavercreek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977306 <2>
- Miami Valley Memory Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hering Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shoup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haverstick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverstick Cemetery
- The Haverstick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harshman Cemetery
- Koogler Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
- Huston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (538 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawker Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Alpha had a population of 149 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alpha, with the one closest to Alpha listed first.
- Trebein
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Zimmerman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmerman is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Bryson ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bryson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Oldtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Bellbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Xenia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Byron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roxanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lytle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lytle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
- New Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alpha. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alpha.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Alpha ...
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 241 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alpha.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Alpha. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Alpha and those printed in the larger area surrounding Alpha.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of Alpha.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Alpha:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Darke County
- Fayette County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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 Alpha, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alpha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |