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 Bunker Hill (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 Bunker Hill. 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 doctors and 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.
Bunker Hill is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bunker Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunker Hill:
- Holmes County (The home county of Bunker Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Charm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Millersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Stillwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Loudonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McKay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Jeromesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Hayesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Perrysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redhaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Atwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Queensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Dellroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Valleyview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chili
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Layland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Fresno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Warsaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nellie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Mohawk Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Guernsey County
- Birds Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Harrison County
- Station Fifteen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Gann
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Jelloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Esto ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Millwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Nunda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Medina County
- Seville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Muskingum County
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Wilmot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- East Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Navarre Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Westarado
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Lake Sherman Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Comet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Barrs Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Parral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Philadelphia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Eaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Millbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wooster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Weilersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Burton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunker Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Bunker Hill.
Cemeteries Near Bunker Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunker Hill.
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 Bunker Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunker Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Grace Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Daniel Schlabach Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Melvin J. Hersberger Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Melvin Miller Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Berlin Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roy Burkholder Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Daniel J Miller Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Roman Raber Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacob E Miller Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henry Hershberger Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hochstetler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochstetler Cemetery
- The Hochstetler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Levi Stocker Farm Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Cemetery
- The Arnold Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Johns Lutherans Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222305 <2>
- Continue List (665 more) ...
- Raber Family Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raber Family Farm Cemetery
- The Raber Family Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Levi A. Raber Family Farm Cemetery
- Levi A. Raber Farm Cemetery
- Noah Beachy Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel H Raber Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Bunker Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunker Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunker Hill, with the one closest to Bunker Hill listed first.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Saltillo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Charm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Winesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Becks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Farmerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Millersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grade ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grade is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grade
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunker Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunker Hill.
Newspapers Published in Bunker Hill ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunker Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunker Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunker Hill.
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 Bunker Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Knox County
- Medina County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bunker Hill) 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 Bunker Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |