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 Bakersville (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 Bakersville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bakersville is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Bakersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakersville:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Bakersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coshocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Conesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Layland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mohawk Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Belmont County
- Holloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Birds Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Clio ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Brady ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Winterset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Antrim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Londonderry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Abledell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Feed Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Tappan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Freeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Conotton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Scio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cassville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Farmerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Killbuck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Gann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Licking County
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Frazeysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Shannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Beach City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Justus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Lake Sherman Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Fohl Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Westarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Waynesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Wolf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Stone Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Postboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Bernice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shanesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Old Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Barrs Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakersville, see our County-by-County Page for Bakersville.
Cemeteries Near Bakersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakersville.
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 Bakersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Bakersville Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bakersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evans Creek Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woods College Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Paul UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul UCC Cemetery
- The St. Paul UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Renners Church Cemetery
- Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
- The Corbit - Swigert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corbit Cemetery
- Swigert Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Jacobs Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (645 more) ...
- Clapboard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fiat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat Cemetery
- The Fiat Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gonters German Lutheran Cemetery
- Lint Cemetery
- St. Peter's UCC Cemetery
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bakersville had a population of 372 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakersville, with the one closest to Bakersville listed first.
- Wolf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Stone Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Port Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ragersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackband
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Postboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Lock Seventeen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Yorktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakersville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bakersville ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakersville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bakersville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bakersville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bakersville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of Bakersville.
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 Bakersville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Bakersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bakersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |