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 Boston (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 Boston. 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 hospitals and 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.
Boston is located in Highland 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 Highland County: Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Pike & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boston:
- Highland County (The home county of Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- New Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Bridges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Berrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- North Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Turkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- East Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Folsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Hoagland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Louden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Emerald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Tranquility
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Locust Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Peebles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Seaman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Youngsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Youngsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
- Harshasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Jaybird
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Fincastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Macon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Saint Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Sardinia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fivemile
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Bardwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bardwell is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Vera Cruz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Arnheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arnheim is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Ash Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Ridge
- Mount Orab
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Clermont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Marathon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marathon is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Moores Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Newtonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newtonsville is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- New Vienna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Martinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Morrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Sabina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Westboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Port William
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Washington Court House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Octa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Bowersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Pickaway County
- New Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Cynthiana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Newfain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Spellman Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Latham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Riverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Fruitdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Humboldt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Bainbridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Lattaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Bourneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Nipgen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Austin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Rarden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Otway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Warren County
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boston, see our County-by-County Page for Boston.
Cemeteries Near Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boston.
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 Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- New Light Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hicksite Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Marshall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42196 <3>
- Fall Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek Cemetery
- The Fall Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Morrow Cemetery
- Upper Fall Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #263064 <3>
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leaverton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (589 more) ...
- Christian Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Boston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boston, with the one closest to Boston listed first.
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Rainsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rainsboro is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsboro
- New Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Barretts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Samantha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Samantha is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- Bridges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- North Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Turkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Shackleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Folsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Cynthiana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boston.
Newspapers Published in Boston ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boston, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Boston:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Highland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clermont County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto 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> | 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- Boston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |