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 (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. 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 and hospitals 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.
Brandon is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Licking, Morrow & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Brandon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandon:
- Knox County (The home county of Brandon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Hunt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Bangs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Five Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gambier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Centerburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pipesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Dorema
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Perrysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loudonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- New Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- West Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Warsaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Metham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Layland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Green ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Condit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- North Condit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- South Condit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Vans Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- East Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Center Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Millersport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- New Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Central College ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Havens Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Westerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Huber Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Blacklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Minerva Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Gahanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Stillwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Killbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Highwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Saint Louisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Chatham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- New Way ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Vanatta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vanatta is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanatta
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Chesterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Cardington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Edison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Black Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Frazeysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nashport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Trinway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- Thornville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Newville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hanley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Lucas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brandon, see our County-by-County Page for Brandon.
Cemeteries Near Brandon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandon.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brandon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Brandon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview FWB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- N N A Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Knox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bird Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (482 more) ...
- Dowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Utica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Brandon had a population of 129 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brandon, with the one closest to Brandon listed first.
- Hunt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Bangs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Homer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Homer is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Milfordton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Morgan Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Center is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center
- Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Gambier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Appleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Highwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Monroe Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Mills
- Centerburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brandon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brandon.
Newspapers Published in Brandon ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandon, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brandon.
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 Brandon:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland 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 Brandon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brandon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |