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 Bryar (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 Bryar. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Bryar is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Bryar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bryar:
- Clark County (The home county of Bryar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Dialton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- North Hampton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Eagle City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Northridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Greenlawn Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Dodo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Limestone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Villa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Westville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Urbana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Carysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mechanicsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Fayette County
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Yellow Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Trebein
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Beavercreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- New Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Valley Hi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Middleburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Russells Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plumwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- South Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chuckery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Alcony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Huber Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Vandalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Riverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Pasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Port Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Dawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Jackson Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Anna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Milford Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bryar, see our County-by-County Page for Bryar.
Cemeteries Near Bryar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bryar.
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 Bryar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bryar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Zerkle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rector Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ream Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Idle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newsom Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sims Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Bryar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bryar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bryar, with the one closest to Bryar listed first.
- Terre Haute
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dialton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Eagle City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Bowlusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Dodo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Westville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Nettleton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nettleton is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Durbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Villa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Christiansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bryar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bryar.
Newspapers Published in Bryar ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bryar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bryar, 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 Bryar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bryar:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Bryar, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bryar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |