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 Baltimore (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 Baltimore. 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 doctors and 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.
Baltimore is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Baltimore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baltimore:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Baltimore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Thurston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Millersport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pickerington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Green ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Vans Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- South Condit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Africa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Groveport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blacklick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Edgewater Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Truro ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Havens Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Bright ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Rockbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Gibisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Laurelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Bloomingville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Carbon Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Kirkersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Buckeye Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Outville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Harbor Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pataskala
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Beechwood Trails
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Summit Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Fultonham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Darlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Thornville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Glenford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carthon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Somerset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Rehoboth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- East Ringgold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- South Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Circleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Commercial Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Adelphi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baltimore, see our County-by-County Page for Baltimore.
Cemeteries Near Baltimore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baltimore.
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 Baltimore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baltimore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Geohegan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Basil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heistand Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shelley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Basil Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bickel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (593 more) ...
- New St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tschopp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Baltimore had a population of 505 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Baltimore had a population of 3,026 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Thurston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Dumontville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- Harley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Millersport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Hooker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- New Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Kirkersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Slough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Etna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pickerington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greencastle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baltimore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baltimore.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Baltimore ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baltimore.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Baltimore. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Baltimore and those printed in the larger area surrounding Baltimore.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Baltimore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Baltimore:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross 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 Baltimore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baltimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |