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 Ashcraft Ford (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 Ashcraft Ford. 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 hospitals 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.
Ashcraft Ford 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 Ashcraft Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashcraft Ford:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Ashcraft Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Frazeysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Shannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nashport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trinway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Cut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- North Zanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Zanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Cooperdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Conesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Nellie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Warsaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Metham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Coshocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Birds Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Abledell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Oldham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Claysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cambridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kimbolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Stillwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Bladensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Martinsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Millwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Buckeye City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Gambier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Reform
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Ben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Wilkins Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Gratiot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Mount Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Glenford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Thornville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Somerset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Crooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Carthon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- New Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Baltic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashcraft Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Ashcraft Ford.
Cemeteries Near Ashcraft Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashcraft Ford.
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 Ashcraft Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashcraft Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Perryton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cody Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broomstick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoppers Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Varner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shannon Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Ashcraft Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ashcraft Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ashcraft Ford, with the one closest to Ashcraft Ford listed first.
- Perryton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Perryton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryton
- Frazeysburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Reform
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- West Carlisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Carlisle is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- Fallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fallsburg is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
- Nashport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wakatomika
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- Cooperdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Toboso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toboso is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toboso
- Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Trinway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Fork is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashcraft Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashcraft Ford.
Newspapers Published in Ashcraft Ford ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashcraft Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashcraft Ford, 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 Ashcraft Ford.
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 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 Ashcraft Ford:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Ashcraft Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashcraft Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |