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 Bowlusville (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 Bowlusville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Bowlusville is primarily located in Champaign County. A portion of Bowlusville extends into Clark 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 Champaign County: Clark, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Bowlusville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowlusville:
- Champaign County (The home county of Bowlusville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Powhattan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Kingscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Christiansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- North Lewisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Northridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Greenlawn Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Kenwood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Franklin County
- Lake Darby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberforce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Pinewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Beavercreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bellefontaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- West Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Rushsylvania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Plumwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- South Solon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Gillivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Plain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Lena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Casstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Fort McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Northview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Pasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Maplewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Port Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Milford Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowlusville, see our County-by-County Page for Bowlusville.
Cemeteries Near Bowlusville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowlusville.
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 Bowlusville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowlusville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rector Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shockey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moorefield Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Shaffer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bowlusville had a population of 149 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowlusville, with the one closest to Bowlusville listed first.
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- New Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Terre Haute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lagonda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Westville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Nettleton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleton is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dialton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Durbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowlusville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowlusville.
Newspapers Published in Bowlusville ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowlusville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowlusville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowlusville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Bowlusville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Bowlusville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowlusville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |