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 Charles Mill (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 Charles Mill. 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 Charles Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Charles Mill: Charles Ml. (or less commonly used: Charles Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Charles Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Charles Mill may originally have been Charle's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Charles Mill might be written as Charle Mill.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Charles Mill is located in Ashland 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 Ashland County: Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Medina, Richland & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Charles Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Charles Mill:
- Ashland County (The home county of Charles Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Mifflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Perrysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McKay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Loudonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeromesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Bailey Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Redhaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Polk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Layland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Crestline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Galion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- North Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Holmesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New London
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delphi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Fitchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- New Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Celeryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- North Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Nunda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Jelloway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Amity
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Batemantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Fredericktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Dorema
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marion County
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Friendsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Westfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Chesterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Lucas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Bellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <2>
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maybee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Funk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- New Pittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Lattasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Millbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Shreve
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Congress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Devil Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Moreland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- West Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wooster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aukerman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Charles Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Charles Mill.
Cemeteries Near Charles Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charles Mill.
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 Charles Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Charles Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Peterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Copus Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shambaugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harlan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hammond Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Widowville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Koogle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zehner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- McCrory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vesper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Charles Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Charles Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Charles Mill, with the one closest to Charles Mill listed first.
- Mifflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Widowville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Widowville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widowville
- Lucas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perrysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- McKay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Newville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Pavonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paradise Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paradise Hill is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Loudonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Epworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jeromesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Charles Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charles Mill.
Newspapers Published in Charles Mill ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charles Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Charles Mill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Charles Mill.
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 Charles Mill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Coshocton County
- Crawford County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Charles Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Charles Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |