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 Beckley Addition (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 Beckley Addition. 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 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.
Beckley Addition is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Beckley Addition. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beckley Addition:
- Franklin County (The home county of Beckley Addition)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Groveport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edgewater Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Bright ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Edward ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Reynoldsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Obetz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Center Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Africa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Vans Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Powell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Galena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Lithopolis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pickerington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Amanda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Millersport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pleasantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fayette County
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Rockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Laurelville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- 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
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Summit Station
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pataskala
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Beech ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Ash ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buckeye Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Gillivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Thornville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Glenford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Saint Paul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- South Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Matville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Circleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Orient
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thacher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Darbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Yellowbud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Adelphi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Andersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- 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 Beckley Addition, see our County-by-County Page for Beckley Addition.
Cemeteries Near Beckley Addition ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beckley Addition.
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 Beckley Addition - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beckley Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Arlington Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Middletown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kramer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Franklin Hills Memory Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Raver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jobs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hockman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lithopolis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (581 more) ...
- Hoshor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groveport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rarey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Beckley Addition in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beckley Addition.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beckley Addition, with the one closest to Beckley Addition listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lithopolis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groveport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Lockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Pickerington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greencastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Marcy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Carroll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Edward ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Reynoldsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Beckley Addition. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beckley Addition.
Newspapers Published in Beckley Addition ...
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 Beckley Addition.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beckley Addition, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beckley Addition.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Beckley Addition:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette 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 Beckley Addition, 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' (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- Beckley Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |