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 Bridgeville (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 Bridgeville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Bridgeville is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Bridgeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridgeville:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Bridgeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- New Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McDonald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Rix Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- North Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Conesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Canal Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Fresno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Warsaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Claysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Spring Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Birds Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- Bladensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Gratiot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Reform
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Ben
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Deavertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Malta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McConnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reinersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Morganville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Neelysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Hackney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Westland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Stockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Mount Zion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Belle Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sarahsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Caldwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Kennonsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Whigville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Ashton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Clover Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Rehoboth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Chalfants
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- New Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Postboy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Port Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- Luke Chute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridgeville, see our County-by-County Page for Bridgeville.
Cemeteries Near Bridgeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridgeville.
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 Bridgeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridgeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bowers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Norwich.
- The Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Norwich United Presbyterian Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunting Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Methodist Cemetery
- The Fairview Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Church Cemetery
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996013 <2>
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norwich Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Norwich.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (580 more) ...
- Reeve - Crumbaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chandlersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Cemetery
- The Vernon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lull Cemetery
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 Bridgeville had a population of 38 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridgeville, with the one closest to Bridgeville listed first.
- Sonora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sonora is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Griffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Carlwick ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Greenwood is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwood
- Pierce ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pierce is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Chandlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Gilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duncan Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Philo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDonald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Freeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridgeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridgeville.
Newspapers Published in Bridgeville ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridgeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bridgeville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 Bridgeville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bridgeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |