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 Brandon Court (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 Brandon Court. 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.
Brandon Court is located in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Brandon Court. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandon Court:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Brandon Court)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Ashville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Fox
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Knollwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Commercial Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Circleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Matville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Logan Elm Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lithopolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoutsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amanda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Pickerington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Cook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Lockbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Bright ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Obetz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Edward ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Groveport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Canal Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City Country Club
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Laurelville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Rockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Apple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Gibisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- South Bloomingville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Beechwood Trails
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Beech ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Outville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Ash ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buckeye Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chrisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Gillivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Perry County
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Yellowbud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Andersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Adelphi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Riton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Frankfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Roxabell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Chillicothe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brandon Court, see our County-by-County Page for Brandon Court.
Cemeteries Near Brandon Court ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandon Court.
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 Brandon Court - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brandon Court covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Ashville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hoover Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harrison Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- A.R. Duvall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowsher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Cemetery
- The Dry Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flora D. Peters Farm Cemetery
- Reber Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- James Borrer Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Press Peters Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Herrenstine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Herrenstine Cemetery
- The Old Herrenstine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Herrenstine Cemetery
- Old Renick Cemetery
- Continue List (568 more) ...
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery
- The Harrison Twp. Cholera Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cholera Cemetery
- Helen Harold & Paul Peters Cemetery
- Paul Peters Farm Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Brandon Court in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brandon Court.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brandon Court, with the one closest to Brandon Court listed first.
- Ashville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Fox
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Walnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- East Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Lockbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Circleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Commercial Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shadeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Matville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brandon Court. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brandon Court.
Newspapers Published in Brandon Court ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandon Court.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandon Court, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brandon Court.
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 websites either 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 Brandon Court:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Ross 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 Brandon Court, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brandon Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |