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 Bethel (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 Bethel. 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.
Bethel is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Bethel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethel:
- Madison County (The home county of Bethel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Range
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chrisman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Solon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Gillivan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Powhattan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- South Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Catawba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Shawnee Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Green Hedges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Kenwood Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- New Moorefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Villa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Greenlawn Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Sabina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Port William
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Lees Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Yatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Cook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeffersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hagler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Washington Court House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Milledgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Darbydale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Harrisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Pleasant Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Galloway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Darby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Grove City Country Club
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Lincoln Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Grape Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bowersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Shawnee Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Wilberforce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- East Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Bridges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Grange Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Orient
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Holland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Matville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Pherson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Commercial Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- South Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Duvall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowbud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Roxabell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- South Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lattaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Andersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Musselman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Fruitdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Unionville Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New California
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethel, see our County-by-County Page for Bethel.
Cemeteries Near Bethel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethel.
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 Bethel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnston - McClimans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Range Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Counts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Johnston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vesey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Graham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Madison Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Bethel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethel, with the one closest to Bethel listed first.
- Chenoweth
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chenoweth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
- Range
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Yatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Cook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Nioga ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nioga is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nioga
- Madison Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Mount Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kiousville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kiousville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiousville
- Bookwalter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bookwalter is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookwalter
- Bloomingburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manara
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manara is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manara
- Pancoastburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pancoastburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoastburg
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Big Plain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Plain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Plain
- Jeffersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parrott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parrott is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethel.
Newspapers Published in Bethel ...
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 Bethel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethel, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bethel.
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 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 Bethel:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland 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> | 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 Bethel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bethel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |