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 Bloomfield (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 Bloomfield. 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 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.
Bloomfield is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Bloomfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bloomfield:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Bloomfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- New Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rock Cut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- McDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Wortley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- North Zanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Barnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Plainfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fresno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Cooperdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Chili
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- West Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Warsaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Metham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Abledell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Oldham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Birds Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Kimbolton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Byesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clio ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Bluebell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Smyrna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes County
- Farmerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Gratiot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Hanover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Reform
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Ben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Durant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Reinersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Deavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- McConnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Malta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hackney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Mount Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Belle Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Kennonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Olive Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Mount Ephraim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Mud Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Sarahsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Batesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Redfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Postboy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gilmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Baltic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bloomfield, see our County-by-County Page for Bloomfield.
Cemeteries Near Bloomfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloomfield.
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 Bloomfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bloomfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Twp. Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McNeals Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (579 more) ...
- Otsego Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Norwich.
- The Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Norwich United Presbyterian Cemetery
- Norwich Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Norwich.
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 Bloomfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bloomfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bloomfield, with the one closest to Bloomfield listed first.
- New Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Otsego
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Norwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cassell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Indian Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Flat Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Oldham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bridgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Rix Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Linton Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- East Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Greenwood is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bloomfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloomfield.
Newspapers Published in Bloomfield ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bloomfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloomfield, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bloomfield.
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 Bloomfield:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Bloomfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bloomfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |