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 Arnold (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 Arnold. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Arnold is located in Union 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 Union County: Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan, Madison & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Arnold. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arnold:
- Union County (The home county of Arnold)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- New California
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Jerome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Unionville Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Milford Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Magnetic Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Summersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Lewisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mingo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mutual
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Catawba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- South Vienna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Villa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Northridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- White Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bellepoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Bellepoint has also been known as:
- Belle Poine
- Bell Point
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Powell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Dublin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Riverlea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Worthington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Highway ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Shattucksburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shattucksburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattucksburg
- Upper Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Mount Victory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Beech ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Green ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Summit Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Johnstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Middleburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Valley Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Marl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Plain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Chuckery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plumwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Choctaw Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chrisman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newmans
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Waldo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Green Camp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- La Rue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Westfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Shawtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cardington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vails Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- Orient
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Commercial Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Matville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Duvall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arnold, see our County-by-County Page for Arnold.
Cemeteries Near Arnold ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arnold.
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 Arnold - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arnold covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- New California Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- United Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darby Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith - Calhoun Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brock Road Cemetery
- Frankfort Cemetery
- Herriott Cemetery
- Jerome Cemetery
- Jerome Twp. #2 Cemetery
- Old Jerome Cemetery
- Jerome Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jerome Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Jerome.
- The Jerome Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- IOOF Cemetery
- Jerome Cemetery
- Jerome Road Cemetery
- Jerome Twp. #1 Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2200660 <2>
- Watkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Darby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Darby Cemetery
- The New Darby Cemetery has also been known as:
- Darby Cemetery
- Darby Twp. Cemetery
- Unionville Cemetery
- Unionville Center Cemetery
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Old Darby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eversole Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Arnold in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arnold.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arnold, with the one closest to Arnold listed first.
- New California
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Plain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Watkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Watkins is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Unionville Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Dublin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bellepoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Bellepoint has also been known as:
- Belle Poine
- Bell Point
- Ostrander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Resaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Resaca is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hyatts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatts is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatts
- Hyatts has also been known as:
- Hyattsville
- White Sulphur Springs Station ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Sulphur Springs Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur Springs Station
- White Sulphur Springs Station has also been known as:
- White Sulphur
- Milford Center
(10 miles [16.1 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 Arnold. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arnold.
Newspapers Published in Arnold ...
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 350 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arnold.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arnold, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arnold.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Arnold:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Pickaway 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 Arnold, 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 from Point A (ie- Arnold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |