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 Brookville (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 Brookville. 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 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 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.
Brookville is located in Athens 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 Athens County: Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Brookville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookville:
- Athens County (The home county of Brookville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- The Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armitage
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chauncey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Mineral
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
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- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Truetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Bessemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Albany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Kyger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Alice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ewington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carlton is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Cheshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cheshire is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Vinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edna ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Orbiston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Candy Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Jobs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Carbon Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sand Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Wellston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Coalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Pattonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Petrea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Point Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Dexter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Lima
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Langsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Rutland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tuppers Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pomeroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Village is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Village
- Keno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Welshtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Middleport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Wrightstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Elliott Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Chesterhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Todds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Morganville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Malta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- McConnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Hemlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- New Straitsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Drakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Ludington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Congo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Corning
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rendville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- New Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Hope ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Ural ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Zaleski
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vales Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Arbaugh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Oreton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- McArthur
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dundas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Wilkesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hamden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Decaturville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Napier
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Wolf Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Redbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Barlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Vincent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Porterfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Luke Chute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Rockland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Watertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Jackson County (WV)
- Neptune
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Mason County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Mason
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hartford City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- West Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Columbia is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- York is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blennerhassett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Eli
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eli is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Lubeck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookville, see our County-by-County Page for Brookville.
Cemeteries Near Brookville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookville.
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 Brookville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Haines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Factory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pierce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Littler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Athens Hospital Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (763 more) ...
- Hocking Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Brookville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookville, with the one closest to Brookville listed first.
- Grosvenor
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grosvenor is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosvenor
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Armitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armitage
- Hamley Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hamley Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamley Run
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Glen Ebon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glen Ebon is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ebon
- Chauncey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Mineral
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Millfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Ingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ingham is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Lysander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lysander is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Knox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Knox is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- Albany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookville.
Newspapers Published in Brookville ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Brookville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Athens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Jackson County
- Mason County
- Wood 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 Brookville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |