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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Beech. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Beech to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beech, please Contact Us.
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 Beech (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 Beech. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Beech is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Crawford, Delaware, Hardin, Morrow, Union & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Beech. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beech:
- Marion County (The home county of Beech)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Caledonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Martel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Newmans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Green Camp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Prospect
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Morral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- New Bloomington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Galion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bucyrus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Oceola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Crestline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lemert
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Broken Sword
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Tiro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Ashley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Troyton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Troyton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troyton
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Leonardsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Meredith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Radnor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Paget ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Flint ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Westerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Pfeiffer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Mount Victory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Batemantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Dorema
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Palmyra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Centerburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fredericktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Mount Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Five Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Green ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Lock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shawtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- West Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Bellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <2>
- Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Hanley Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Maybee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- Carrothers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Richwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Summersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- New Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Raymond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Wyandot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Upper Sandusky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Duenquat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Kirby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beech, see our County-by-County Page for Beech.
Cemeteries Near Beech ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beech.
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 Beech - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beech covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Claridon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Canaan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Underwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plotner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smith - Witzel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hinds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williamson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crimm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (523 more) ...
- Weston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Purvis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Beech in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beech.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beech, with the one closest to Beech listed first.
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cardington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Climax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Logan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Mount Gilead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Waldo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Martel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Owens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Owens is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kirkpatrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Ashley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beech. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beech.
Newspapers Published in Beech ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beech.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beech, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beech.
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 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 Beech:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Seneca County
- Union County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Beech, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beech) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |