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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Boke's Creek Settlement. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Boke's Creek Settlement to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boke's Creek Settlement, 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 Boke's Creek Settlement (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 Boke's Creek Settlement. 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 Boke's Creek Settlement ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as: Boke's Creek.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Boke's Creek Settlement is historic, it would have been located within present day Delaware County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delaware County: Franklin, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Boke's Creek Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boke's Creek Settlement:

  • Delaware County     (The home county of Boke's Creek Settlement)
  • Champaign County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Woodstock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
      • Woodstock is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • North Lewisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lewisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lewisburg
      • North Lewisburg is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Lewisburg <4>
    • Mingo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Mechanicsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mutual
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mutual have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
      • Mutual is located in Champaign County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Dublin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
    • Lamb Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Flint ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Amlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Worthington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
      • Worthington is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,760 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worthington <4>
    • Riverlea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverlea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
      • Riverlea is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
    • Hilliard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Olentangy ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Shattucksburg ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Westerville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
      • Westerville is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <4>
    • Minerva Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
      • Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
  • Hardin County
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Houcks ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerburg
      • Centerburg is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerburg <4>
    • Mount Liberty
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Milfordton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Five Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Lucerne ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Licking County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Green ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hartford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Beech ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
      • Lock is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lock
      • From Boke's Creek Settlement to Lock
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • West Mansfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
      • West Mansfield is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Valley Hi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Zanesfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zanesfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanesfield
      • Zanesfield is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zanesfield <4>
    • Marl City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marl City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
      • Marl City is located in Logan County
    • Rushsylvania
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushsylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushsylvania
      • Rushsylvania is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rushsylvania <4>
    • Iron City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
      • Iron City is located in Logan County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Plain City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
      • Plain City is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,761 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plain City <4>
    • Amity
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Chuckery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gillivan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Plumwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Jefferson is located in Madison County
    • West Jefferson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
      • Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
    • Choctaw Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Prospect
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <4>
    • Waldo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Newmans
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Green Camp
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
      • Green Camp is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ruth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
      • Ruth is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ruth
      • From Boke's Creek Settlement to Ruth
    • New Bloomington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
      • New Bloomington is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • La Rue
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Rue have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
      • La Rue is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
    • Caledonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
      • Caledonia is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <4>
    • Morral
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
      • Morral is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
    • Martel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Westfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Liberty
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Shawtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardington
      • Cardington is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cardington <4>
    • Marengo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
      • Marengo is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <4>
    • Fulton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vails Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Edison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
      • Edison is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edison <4>
    • Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Mount Gilead
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
      • Mount Gilead is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Gilead <4>
    • Sparta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
    • Chesterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
      • Chesterville is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterville <4>
  • Union County
  • Wyandot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.
    • Harpster
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wyandot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Marseilles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marseilles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
      • Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boke's Creek Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Boke's Creek Settlement.

Cemeteries Near Boke's Creek Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boke's Creek Settlement.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boke's Creek Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.

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 Boke's Creek Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boke's Creek Settlement.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Boke's Creek Settlement, with the one closest to Boke's Creek Settlement listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boke's Creek Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boke's Creek Settlement.

Newspapers Published in Boke's Creek Settlement ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boke's Creek Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boke's Creek Settlement, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boke's Creek Settlement.

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 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 Boke's Creek Settlement:

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Boke's Creek Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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- Boke's Creek Settlement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boke's Creek Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3238, Longitude: -83.1701    









 

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