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 Boden (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 Boden. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Boden is located in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: Belmont, Coshocton, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Boden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boden:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Boden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Birds Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Oldham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abledell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Brady ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Spring Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Odell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Claysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Byesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Hendrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Barnesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Coshocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fresno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Cooperdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Metham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- 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
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Feed Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Deersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Station Fifteen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Tappan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Farmerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Gratiot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Reinersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Rix Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rock Cut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Trinway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- North Zanesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Mount Zion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Belle Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Mud Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Hoskinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Sarahsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Olive Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Batesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Whigville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Caldwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Summerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Perry County
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Postboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Port Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- West Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Stone Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Baltic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boden, see our County-by-County Page for Boden.
Cemeteries Near Boden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boden.
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 Boden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Northfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Flat Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McNeals Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Otsego Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Twp. Cemetery
- Sarchet Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (597 more) ...
- Worthing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marquands Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Boden had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boden, with the one closest to Boden listed first.
- Flat Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Indian Camp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Otsego
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Birds Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Linton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- Oldham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cassell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Tyner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tyner is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Guernsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bacon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Salem is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boden.
Newspapers Published in Boden ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boden, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boden.
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 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 Boden:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum 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 Boden, 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' (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- Boden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |