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 Blue Valley Acres (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 Blue Valley Acres. 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.
Name Variations for Blue Valley Acres ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blue Valley Acres: Blue Vly. Acres (or less commonly used: Blue Vally. Acres or Blue Vlly. Acres)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Blue Valley Acres 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 Blue Valley Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Valley Acres:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Blue Valley Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Amanda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carroll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Carbondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Hartleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greens Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Trimble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Truetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Brice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Lockbourne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edward ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Obetz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Rockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- West Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Bloomingville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Laurelville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Furnace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Sand Run Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Apple
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Carbon Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jackson County
- Ray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kirkersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Outville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pataskala
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- Fultonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Avalon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Straitsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Hemlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Chalfants
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Tarlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- East Ringgold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Knollwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Thacher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Elmwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Duvall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- South Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Adelphi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Riton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Zaleski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- McArthur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Valley Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Valley Acres.
Cemeteries Near Blue Valley Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Valley Acres.
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 Blue Valley Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Valley Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Stuckey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ream Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sharp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brushy Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tarklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lamott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Lady of Good Hope Cemetery
- The Our Lady of Good Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Catholic Cemetery
- Our Lady of God Hope Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
- Trinity Sponagle Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (631 more) ...
- Union Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church Cemetery
- The Union Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Baron - Graham Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Myers 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 Blue Valley Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Valley Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Valley Acres, with the one closest to Blue Valley Acres listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Berne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Clearport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Joe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Drinkle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drinkle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkle
- Dumontville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- Hooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Valley Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Valley Acres.
Newspapers Published in Blue Valley Acres ...
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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Valley Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Valley Acres, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Valley Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blue Valley Acres:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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 Blue Valley Acres, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Valley Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |