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 Buena Vista (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 Buena Vista. 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 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.
Buena Vista is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Buena Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buena Vista:
- Fayette County (The home county of Buena Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Washington Court House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Bloomingburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Octa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yatesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Cook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Louden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Emerald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Locust Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Saint Martin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- South Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cortsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Sabina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- New Vienna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Port William
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Morrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Wilmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Midland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Westboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- North Kingman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Bowersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Xenia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roxanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Pinewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- East Monroe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Bridges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- New Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Barretts Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Willettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Hoagland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Shackleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Berrysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Range
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- South Solon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- New Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Williamsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Elmwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Cynthiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Fruitdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- South Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Humboldt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Frankfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lattaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Roxabell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Clarksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Bainbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Musselman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Dills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Bourneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- Harveysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Osceola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buena Vista, see our County-by-County Page for Buena Vista.
Cemeteries Near Buena Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buena Vista.
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 Buena Vista - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buena Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- White Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Anders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cochran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sheep Pen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sheep Pen Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Greenfield.
- The Sheep Pen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gustin Cemetery
- Limes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43392 <2>
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carmean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jeff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (545 more) ...
- Canney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Worthington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Buena Vista in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buena Vista.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buena Vista, with the one closest to Buena Vista listed first.
- New Martinsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- Staunton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Staunton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- East Monroe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Jasper Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Bridges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Thrifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Washington Court House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sabina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buena Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buena Vista.
Newspapers Published in Buena Vista ...
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 Buena Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buena Vista, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buena Vista.
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 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 Buena Vista:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Warren 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Buena Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buena Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |