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 Brownsville (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 Brownsville. 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.
Brownsville is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Brownsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownsville:
- Ross County (The home county of Brownsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Massieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Summithill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- North Fork Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Bourneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Deadman Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Riton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Nipgen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Musselman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Dills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Jaybird
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Louden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Peebles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Mineral Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Fairfield County
- Stoutsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Washington Court House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Greenfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Sinking Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Turkey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- East Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Elmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Bridges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- North Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Berrysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Apple
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomingville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Limerick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Ray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Glade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Coalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Roy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Petrea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Wellston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Elmwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Thacher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Williamsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Circleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Grange Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Knollwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Pherson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Peck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Waverly City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bristol Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Greggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Piketon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Zahn's Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Mount Sinai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Latham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Bear Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lucasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Youngs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Arion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Otway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Minford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Stella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hamden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- McArthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownsville, see our County-by-County Page for Brownsville.
Cemeteries Near Brownsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownsville.
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 Brownsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Ralston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seelig Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Flee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flee Cemetery
- The Flee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Golden Gate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floral Hills Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Denver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Cemetery
- The Denver Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
- Denver Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Denver Pentecostal Church Cemetery
- Continue List (657 more) ...
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
- The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has also been known as:
- DeSale Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Findley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massieville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brownsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownsville, with the one closest to Brownsville listed first.
- Newingburg ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Newingburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newingburg
- Denver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bourneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Alma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slate Mills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Storms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Storms is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storms
- Nipgen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Three Locks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Three Locks is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Locks
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Buchanan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Antonis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antonis is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonis
- Musselman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Dills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownsville.
Newspapers Published in Brownsville ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownsville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownsville.
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 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 Brownsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Vinton 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Brownsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brownsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |