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 Beals (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 Beals. 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 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.
Beals 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 Beals. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beals:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Beals)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Pickerington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lithopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Millersport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lakeside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Pleasantville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Center Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Green ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Vans Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Africa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Condit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Brice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Groveport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Truro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Edgewater Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Blacklick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Rockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Laurelville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Beechwood Trails
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Ash ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Beech ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Buckeye Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Alexandria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Thornville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Glenford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carthon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Duvall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- East Ringgold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Commercial Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Matville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Tarlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orient
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Adelphi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Union County
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beals, see our County-by-County Page for Beals.
Cemeteries Near Beals ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beals.
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 Beals - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beals covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Dovel Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jobs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hockman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoshor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Rest Memorial Estate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (582 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Beals in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beals.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beals, with the one closest to Beals listed first.
- Pickerington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Canal Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Harley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Wagram
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wagram is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagram
- Brice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lithopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Groveport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Greencastle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Summit Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Truro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beals. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beals.
Newspapers Published in Beals ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beals.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beals, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beals.
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 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 Beals:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Union 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 Beals, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beals) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |