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 Bookwalter (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 Bookwalter. 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.
Bookwalter is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Bookwalter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bookwalter:
- Fayette County (The home county of Bookwalter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Octa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Hagler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Bloomingburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Washington Court House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mutual
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- South Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Lisbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Vienna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Green Hedges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Kenwood Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Catawba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Greenlawn Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- New Moorefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Sabina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Port William
(17 miles [27.4 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- New Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Harrisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darbydale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Lake Darby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Pleasant Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Galloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Grove City Country Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Grape Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bowersville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Jasper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilberforce
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Trebein
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- East Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- New Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summerford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Gillivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- New Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Orient
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Darbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Pherson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Matville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Williamsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Commercial Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- South Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Duvall
(30 miles [48.3 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 Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Clarksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Frankfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- South Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Lattaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Yellowbud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Warren County
- Harveysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bookwalter, see our County-by-County Page for Bookwalter.
Cemeteries Near Bookwalter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bookwalter.
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 Bookwalter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bookwalter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Whiteman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McKillip - Kirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hidy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Jeffersonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Counts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Range Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pancake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue - Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Creamer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highbee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bookwalter had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bookwalter, with the one closest to Bookwalter listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blessing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blessing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Yatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- South Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Parrott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parrott is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- West Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Lancaster is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lancaster
- Octa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Edgefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Edgefield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Milledgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grape Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Bloomingburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chenoweth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chenoweth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bookwalter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bookwalter.
Newspapers Published in Bookwalter ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bookwalter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bookwalter, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bookwalter.
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 helpful 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 Bookwalter:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Warren 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 Bookwalter, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bookwalter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |