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 Appleton (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 Appleton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Appleton is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Appleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Appleton:
- Licking County (The home county of Appleton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- New Way ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alexandria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Blanchard has also been known as:
- Blanchard Settlement
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- New Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Mohawk Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- North Condit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Condit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- South Condit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Vans Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Harlem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Lakeside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Millersport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Carroll
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pleasantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lithopolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- New Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Central College ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Havens Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Blacklick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Huber Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Westerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blendon Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Gahanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Centerburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Hunt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Green Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Dorema
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Marion County
- Waldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cardington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Mount Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Edison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Black Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Thornville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Bellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union County
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Appleton, see our County-by-County Page for Appleton.
Cemeteries Near Appleton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Appleton.
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 Appleton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Appleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- Appleton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hancock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bennington Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Channel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (518 more) ...
- Lock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Appleton had a population of 166 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Appleton, with the one closest to Appleton listed first.
- New Way ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Croton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Croton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Fredonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Green ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Centerburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milfordton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Alexandria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Brandon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brandon is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Rich Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Appleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Appleton.
Newspapers Published in Appleton ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Appleton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Appleton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Appleton.
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 websites either 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 Appleton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland County
- Union 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 Appleton, 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- Appleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |