RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Ohio >> Highland County >> Barretts Mills >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Ohio

The Commemorative Quarter for Ohio





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 Barretts Mills (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 Barretts Mills. 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.

Name Variations for Barretts Mills ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Barretts Mills: Barretts Mls. (or less commonly used: Barretts Mlls.)
  • While the name of this community is Barretts Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barretts Mills may originally have been Barrett's Mills.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barretts Mills might be written as Barrett Mills.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Barretts Mills is located in Highland County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Highland County: Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Pike & Ross.

Below are the counties that are near Barretts Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barretts Mills:

  • Highland County     (The home county of Barretts Mills)
  • Adams County
  • Brown County
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.
    • Memphis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Memphis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
      • Memphis is located in Clinton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Memphis
      • From Barretts Mills to Memphis
    • New Vienna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lees Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sabina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabina
      • Sabina is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabina <3>
    • Morrisville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Martinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
      • Martinsville is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Wilmington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Midland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
      • Midland is located in Clinton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
    • Westboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.
    • Washington Court House
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Washington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Washington is located in Fayette County
    • Bloomingburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingburg
      • Bloomingburg is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomingburg <3>
    • Hagler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Milledgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milledgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
      • Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Octa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Octa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
      • Octa is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
  • Pickaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.
    • New Holland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
      • New Holland is located in Pickaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <3>
    • Williamsport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
      • Williamsport is located in Pickaway County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsport <3>
  • Pike County
  • Ross County
  • Scioto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.
    • Rarden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rarden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rarden
      • Rarden is located in Scioto County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rarden <3>
    • Youngs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Otway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Arion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lombardsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucasville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucasville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
      • Lucasville is located in Scioto County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucasville <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barretts Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Barretts Mills.

Cemeteries Near Barretts Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barretts Mills.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barretts Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.

  • Boyd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roads Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roads Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Head Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Head Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Head Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hartman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beavers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beavers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beavers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carmel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cynthiana Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cynthiana Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cynthiana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Curp Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hulitt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulitt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pumill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pumill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pumill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dwyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dwyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dwyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (621 more) ...
    • Friends Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Moore Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dick Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Barretts Mills had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Barretts Mills, with the one closest to Barretts Mills listed first.

  • Carmel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
    • Carmel is located in Highland County
  • Cynthiana
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainsboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsboro
    • Rainsboro is located in Highland County
  • New Petersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Newfain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newfain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
    • Newfain is located in Pike County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Newfain
    • From Barretts Mills to Newfain
  • Bainbridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
    • Bainbridge is located in Ross County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge <3>
  • Humboldt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Humboldt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
    • Humboldt is located in Ross County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Humboldt
    • From Barretts Mills to Humboldt
  • Turkey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
    • Turkey is located in Highland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Turkey
    • From Barretts Mills to Turkey
  • Fruitdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sinking Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • North Uniontown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Byington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byington
      • Byington is located in Pike County
    • Dills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
      • Dills is located in Ross County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dills
      • From Barretts Mills to Dills
    • Thrifton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrifton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
      • Thrifton is located in Ross County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barretts Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barretts Mills.

Newspapers Published in Barretts Mills ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barretts Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barretts Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barretts Mills.

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 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 Barretts Mills:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barretts Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Highland County: www.highland-co.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>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 Barretts Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Barretts Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barretts Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2023, Longitude: -83.3875       In this case, the coordinates for Barretts Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 30 Mar 2025