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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 Carpenters Addition (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 Carpenters Addition. 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.
Name Variations for Carpenters Addition ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Carpenters Addition, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Carpenters Addition may originally have been Carpenter's Addition.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Carpenters Addition might be written as Carpenter Addition.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carpenters Addition. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carpenters Addition.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Carpenters Addition is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Carpenters Addition. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carpenters Addition:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Carpenters Addition)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Carroll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thurston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Nelsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Hartleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Greens Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Bright ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Edgewater Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Reynoldsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Lockbourne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Edward ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Rockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Laurelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomingville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Apple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Union Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Carbon Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Etna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Outville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Pataskala
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Summit Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- Fultonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Avalon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Rehoboth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Straitsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- East Ringgold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Thacher
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Ashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Circleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Logan Elm Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- South Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Elmwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Adelphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Stella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hope ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carpenters Addition, see our County-by-County Page for Carpenters Addition.
Cemeteries Near Carpenters Addition ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carpenters Addition.
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 Carpenters Addition - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carpenters Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old City Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lancaster.
- The St. Mary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43171 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lamott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- County Infirmary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gideon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Graybill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guseman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (603 more) ...
- Green Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tarklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Emery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Carpenters Addition in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carpenters Addition.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carpenters Addition, with the one closest to Carpenters Addition listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Dumontville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- North Berne
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Colfax
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clearport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Amanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carpenters Addition. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carpenters Addition.
Newspapers Published in Carpenters Addition ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carpenters Addition.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carpenters Addition, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carpenters Addition.
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 helpful 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 Carpenters Addition:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Carpenters Addition, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carpenters Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |